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| Launched 1877: sv TRAFALGAR |
sv TRAFALGAR
built by Charles Connell & Company Scotstoun,
Yard No 106
Propulsion: sail, 4 masts
Launched: Thursday, 20/09/1877
Built: 1877
Ship Type: Iron ship
Ship's Role: Cargo
Tonnage: 1765 grt. 1696 net
Length: 271.5 feet
Breadth: 39.3 feet
Draught: 23.45 feet depth
Owner History:
A. W. Brown, Glasgow.
1893: Andrew Weir, Glasgow.
Status: Wrecked - 11/11/1904
Remarks: O.N. 76811.
Sold to Andrew Weir in 1893. That same year a fever afflicted the master and the officers of the vessel and they all died during a voyage from Batavia to Melbourne. The senior apprentice, William Shotton, took command of her and with the assistance of Hugh Kennedy, the sailmaker, navigated her to Melbourne.
c.1900: Rig altered to barque.
Eventually lost on a voyage from Sydney NSW to Falmouth, 50 miles south of Recife.
Previous updates by Bruce Biddulph, George Robinson, Colin Campbell
Last updated: by Bruce Allan from the original records by Stuart Cameron
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