Histoire
This bark (3-masted) was built in 1878 by Russell & Co. Ltd. in Port Glasgow, Scotland.
Notes historiques
On January 4, 1896 this British bark was pounded unmercifully by heavy seas while attempting an inbound crossing of the Columbia River bar. The pilot had been taken aboard. The vessel suffered heavy damage and the seas were so ugly that the pilot could not be removed by the pilot schooner. Instead the damaged Britisher drifted northward at the mercy of the elements and was lost with her entire crew. The derelict later drifted as far as the British Columbia coast where it foundered.
Propriétaires et capitaines
In 1878 she was owned by UK interests.
In 1888-1892 she was owned by J.C. King, Glasgow Scotland UK.
In 1896 she was owned by J. Pollock & Co. Ltd., Glasgow UK.
Capitaines
Captain James G. McInnis (1878);
Références
- James Gibbs, Pacific Graveyard. Portland: Binfords and Mort, 1950, p. 153-190
- Don Marshall (1984) Oregon Shipwrecks
- Lloyd's Register of Shipping 1892 Sailing Vessels archive.org ↗ (website viewed 22/07/2025)
- Lloyd's Register of Shipping 1888 Universal Register archive.org ↗ (website viewed 22/07/2025)
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