sv MATTERHORN

sv MATTERHORN
built by Russell & Co Port Glasgow,
Yard No 49

Port of Registry: Liverpool
Propulsion: Sail. 4 masts
Launched: Thursday, 22/06/1882
Built: 1882
Ship Type: Iron barque
Ship's Role: Cargo
Tonnage: 1917 g / 1839 net
Length: 266.5 feet
Breadth: 40.2 feet
Depth: 23.8 feet
Owner History:
James R. de Wolf & Son, Liverpool.
Status: Foundered - 27/11/1909

Remarks: O.N. 86196.
Constructed at Russell's Greenock yard.
While on a voyage from Portland to Ipswich, her grain cargo shifted and the vessel foundered some 70 miles off the Umatilla Reef.

Photo supplied by John Ward~McQuaid

Last updated: by Bruce Allan from the original records by Stuart Cameron


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