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Name Official number Flag IMO
GILROY  72547  GBR   
Year built Date launched Date completed
1875  05/04/1875   
Vessel type Vessel description
Cargo General  Iron Sailing Vessel 3 Masted Ship
Builder Yard Yard no
John Elder & Co., Govan Fairfield Yard  184 
 

Tonnage Length Breadth Depth Draft
1772 grt / 1678 nrt / 259.2 ft  39.9 ft  23.2 ft   
Engine builder ,
Engine detail
 

First owner First port of register Registration date
George Gilroy, Dundee  Dundee  23/06/1875 
Other names
1889 RHONE - 1905 DYBVAAG 
Subsequent owner and registration history
1881 Gilroy, Sons & Co., Dundee
1889 James Nourse, London
1897 C.A.Hampton & E.Bromehead - James Nourse, London
1903 James Nourse Ltd., London
1905 Rederi Dybvaag - J.Marcussen, Askeroen, Norway 
Vessel history
January 1896 grounded outside the lock entrance to Bristol and her poop deck lodged on the quay and was nearly torn off with the falling tide. Repairs took several months 
Remarks
 
End year Fate / Status
1906  Wrecked 19/11/1906 
Disposal Detail
Wrecked at Escoumains, in the St Lawrence, Quebec, outward for Buenos Aires 
 

 

Rhone
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Rhone
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Rhone Cumberland Basin Bristol
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Rhone
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Rhone
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Rhone
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Rhone aground Bristol 1896
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