GLENROSA

GLENROSA WAS A THREE MASTED IRON VESSEL OF 869 TONS. SHE WAS BUILT IN 1875 BY S B & ENG CO OF LONDON & GLASGOW AND  WAS OWNED BY HENRY MARTINI & CO BEING  REGISTERED IN GLASGOW.

SHE WAS LATER DOWN GRADED TO A BARQUE IN 1881.

SHE  STRANDED ON JANUARY  18TH 1890 ON CAPE BANKS, SOUTH AUSTRALIA DUE TO HEAVY FOG.  IT WAS NOT POSSIBLE TO RE-FLOAT HER AND SHE BECAME A WRECK. SHE WAS CARRYING A CREW OF 17.SHE HAD BEEN COMMANDED BY CAPTAIN HUGH McEWAN ( IN 1885 SHE SEEMS TO HAVE BEEN OWNED BY CAPTAIN McEWAN )

 SHE HAD BEEN ON A VOYAGE FROM THE UK TO BRISBANE AT THE TIME SHE STRANDED.

SHE WAS CHARTERED BY SHAW SAVILL & CO IN 1884 AND DID A VOYAGE DOWN  TO AUCKLAND UNDER THE COMMAND OF CAPTAIN McEWAN ARRIVING  ON 28TH JUNE HAVING LEFT THE UK ON MARCH 19TH. A ROUGH PASSAGE DUE TO ADVERSE WEATHER

GLENROSA 

GLENROSA WAS A STEAMSHIP OF 778 TONS BUILT IN 1875 BUILT BY SCOTT SHIPBUILDING ENGINEERING CO ( JOHN & ROBERT SCOTT GRENOCK )

HER LAST OWNERS WERE CORMACK JAMES & CO OF LEITH

SUNK AFTER A COLLISION WITH THE SS KATY OFF NEWARP LIGHTSHIP ON 3RD MARCH 1887

NO SHAW SAVILL & CO / WHITE STAR LINE CONNECTIONS - FOR REFERENCE ONLY AS BOTH VESSELS BUILT IN 1875 BOTH OF A SIMLILIAR TONNAGE BOTH IN SERVICE AT THE SAME PERIOD IN TIME