Category:Derwent (ship, 1884)

Ship

• Type: Fully rigged ship
• Design by:
• Order date:
• Built by: Archibald MacMillan & Son Ltd., Dumbarton
• Yard No: 258
• Keel laid:
• Launch date: 20.10.1884
• Date of completion: 1884
• Length over all: 83.8 m
• LPP: m
• Beam: 12.3 m
• Draught: 7.1 m
• GRT: 1,970
• DWT:
• NRT: 1,890
• Sail area: Rigged with royal sails over double topgallant sails.
• Main engine: Equipped with a steam donkey engine.
• Speed: kn
• Official British Reg. No. 89640

History

• 1884 Named: Derwent for Devitt & Moore, London. Flag: United Kingdom
• 05.1897 Collided with a French trawler in the Channel and had to put into Plymouth for repairs.
• 1905 Sold to Chr. Nielsen & Co., Larvik, Norway.
• 1916 Sold to Wegger & Øhre, Sandefjord.
• 1917 Severely damaged but repared.
• 1920 Sold to Olaf Chr. Olsen, Arendal.
• 1922 Sold to Carl Olsen, Arendal.
• 1925 Sold to American owners for $ 10.250 Converted to a tow barge for coastal use.
• 1949 Scrapped.