First owner |
First port of register |
Registration date |
John Kerr & Co, Greenock. |
Greenock |
12/08/1868 |
Other names |
1898 ALTAVELA |
Subsequent owner and registration history |
1878 George Petrie, London 1888 reg London 1898 A/S Altavela (Ferdinand Melsom), Christiania, Norway |
Vessel history |
25/12/1875 grounded in Bay of Panama and sank off Flaminco, Perico Island in four fathoms (Cardiff for Panama, with coals); crew safe 10/3/1876 refloated at behest of Pacific Steam Navigation Co, the cargo owner 7/1876 towed to Callao for repairs 24/8/1876 reported to be sold at auction 1898 re-rigged as a barque |
Remarks |
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End year |
Fate / Status |
1913 |
Wrecked 26/11/1913 |
Disposal Detail |
26/11/1913 dismasted in gales and abandoned close to rocks in Loch Bracadale, Skye; crew taken off by trawler SARAH ALICE and taken to Tobermory (Ardrossan for Montevideo, with coal). Stranded on Cracknish Point, Loch Eynort and became a total loss |
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