sv COUNTY OF PEEBLES built by Barclay Curle & Company Glasgow, Yard No 252 Last Name: MUNOZ GAMERO Propulsion: sail. 4 masts Launched: Monday, 05/07/1875 Built: 1875 Ship Type: Iron ship Ship's Role: Cargo. Jute trade, India / Dundee. Tonnage: 1691 grt | 1614 nrt Length: 266.6 feet Breadth: 38.7 feet Draught: 23.45 feet depth Owner History: R. J. Craig, Glasgow. 1898: Chilean Navy. Status: Static Role - Remarks: ON 71742. 1875: Completed August. 1898: Glasgow register closed. Of considerable historic importance being the first British, four masted, fully rigged ship. Traded between European and eastern ports until 1898, when the Chilean Navy bought her. Cut down for use as a coal hulk at Punta Arenas on the Straits of Magellan, she was eventually renamed Muñoz Gamero. 1989: An attempt to recover her for preservation failed but she remains as a breakwater at Punta Arenas with her living quarters converted to a meeting room. Photo supplied by John Ward~McQuaid Last updated: by Bruce Allan from the original records by Stuart Cameron Press Back on your Browser to return to Search Results New: The Kvaerner Govan Years - The ships today New for 2013: Clydebuilt Canada - 1) The ships of Canadian Pacific New for 2013: Clydebuilt Norway - Norwegian and Clyde linked ships Copyright http://www.clydebuiltships.co.uk and http://www.clydesite.co.uk (except where otherwise stated). Extracts from the database may be used so long as credit is given to this website with a full url published in printed material or embedded in your website, plus credit to the editor(s) who supplied the information. Unfortunately we are unable to deal with requests to research ships, any information found in the database is all the information we have to date or are able to supply.   Web www.clydesite.co.uk Looking for Shipping News? Pay a visit to Shipping Times UK