CAIRNESMORE

CAIRNSMORE A STEEL BARQUE OF 906 TONS BUILT IN 1884 BY J REID & CO AT PORT GLASGOW. SHE WAS OWNED BY NICHOLSON & MCGILL.

IN 1910 SHE CHANGED HANDS TO NORWEGIAN OWNERS WITH OUT A NAME CHANGE.TRACE LOST OF HER AFTER THE FIRST WORLD WAR

SHE WAS NOT CHARTERED BY THE WHITE STAR LINE, HERE FOR REFERENCE ONLY.

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CAIRNSMORE

CAIRNSMORE WAS BUILT IN 1855 AND WAS A IRON 3 MASTED VESSEL OF 1,211 TONS AND HAD BEEN BUILT BY JOHN REID & CO AT PORT GLASGOW

SHE WAS OWNED BY NICHOLSON & MCGILL & OTHERS OF LIVERPOOL

SHE WRECKED ON 24TH JUNE 1858 IN THE SOUTH CHINA SEAS ON SOME UNCHARTERED ROCKS.

SHE WAS ON HER SECOND VOYAGE

THERE IS SOME CONFUSION OVER THESE VESSELS AS THEY WERE OPERATING IN A SIMLIAR TIME LINE AND OWNED BY THE SAME OWNERS ( NOT AT THE SAME TIME )

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CAIRNESMORE

CAIRNSMORE WAS A VESSEL OF 975 TONS WITH AN IRON HULL AND 3 MASTS SHE WAS BUILT IN 1867 BY JOHN REID & CO AT PORT GLASGOW

SHE WAS OWNED BY BENJAMIN NICHOLSON OF LIVERPOOL ( NICHOLSON & McGILL )

SHE WAS CHARTERED FROM NICHOLSON & CO OF LIVERPOOL BY THE WHITE STAR LINE AND SAILED FROM LIVERPOOL TO SYDNEY IN FEBRUARY OF 1870 UNDER THE COMMAND OF CAPTAIN KEWLEY

9TH SEPTEMBER 1882 SHE MADE A VOYAGE FROM CALCUUTTA TO SYDNEY VIA ADELAIDE SHE WAS COMMANDED BY CAPTAIN JOHN SCOTT

SHE WRECKED WHILE ON A VOYAGE FROM LONDON TO PORTLAND ON 27TH SEPTEMBER 1883 ON CLATSOP BEACH ( COLUMBIA RIVER ) IN HEAVY FOG BEING UNSURE OF HER PRESENT POSITION DUE TO THE FOG

SHE HAD BEEN RIGGED AS A BARQUE AT SOME STAGE IN HER ;IFE BUT I AM NOT SURE WHEN