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Burrowa

Burrowa
Photo: State Library South Australia PRG 280/1/5/38

Histoire

This bark (4-masted) was built in 1890 by W.H. Potter & Sons in Liverpool.

Notes historiques

In 1896-1897 this vessel was shipping grain from Puget Sound WA USA. On April 27, 1917 this vessel was torpedoed and sunk by the UC-65 in The Scilly Isles UK.

Propriétaires et capitaines

In 1890-1897 she was owned by the Steel Sailing Ship Dunfermline Co. Ltd., Macvicar, Marshall & Co.) Liverpool UK.

In 1911 she was owned by E.C. Schramm, Bremen Germany.

In 1913 she was owned by F.A. Ninnen & Co., Bremen Germany. (In 1914 at the commencement of hostilities she was seized by the UK at Newcastle Australia.) In 1914-1917 she was owned by The Admiralty, London UK.

Capitaines

Captain D.S. Forbes (1892); Captain J. Woodward (1897);

Références

  • Newell, G. (1966)
  • Lloyd's Register of Shipping 1892 Sailing Vessels archive.org ↗ (website viewed 22/07/2025)
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