ETHIOPIAN
ETHIOPIAN WAS BUILT IN 1864 BY WALTER HOOD & CO AT ABERDEEN.
SHE DID A MAIDEN VOYAGE TO MELBOURNE
FROM 1861 TO 1871 SHE WAS ON THE TEA TRADE TO CHINA
SHE WAS CONVERTED TO A BARQUE IN 1886
IN 1888 SHE WAS SOLD TO R LINES OF FREDRIKSTAD
BUT RETAINED THE SAME NAME ( A REPORT THAT SHE WAS NOT SOLD TO THE NORWEGIAN
COMPANY UNTIL 1894 )
ON A VOYAGE FROM ST THOMAS TO CORK IN SEPTEMBER 1894 SHE WAS ABANDONED
NEAR THE WESTERN ISLES AND LATER TOWED INTO ST
MICHAEL'S WHERE SHE WAS CONDEMMED AS NOT BEING WORTH REPAIRING