GRACE GIBSON
GRACE GIBSON WAS A THREE MASTED IRON SHIP OF 540 TONS BUILT IN 1867 BY ALEXANDER STEPHEN & SONS LTD OF KELVINHAUGH AND LAUNCHED IN SEPTEMBER 1867.
SHE WAS CONVERTED TO A BARQUE IN 1891.
SHE WAS OWNED BY H ISMAY & OTHERS OF LIVERPOOL ( HENRY HEWITT & CO OF WHITEHAVEN) SHE WAS ORIGINALLY USED ON THE UK TO VALPARISO TRADE WHICH LASTED UP UNTIL 1891.
SHE CHANGED HANDS IN 1891 AND WAS OWNED BY
WILLIAM SHERWEN OF NEW FERRY CHESHIRE & LONDON.
IN 1894 SHE WAS OWNED BY REDERI JOHANNE BUT MANAGED BY P HARBYE OF DENMARK.
IN
1904 SHE WAS OWNED BY REDERI AND MANAGED BY K LANGFELDT OF KRISTIANSAND OF
NORWAY
THE WHITE STAR LINE CHARTERED HER FROM HEWITT & CO OF LIVERPOOL ( WHITEHAVEN ? ) IN
JULY 1870 SHE DID A VOYAGE FOR THEM FROM
LIVERPOOL TO OTAGO
WHILE ON A VOYAGE FROM DAKAR TO ARUBA SHE RAN AGROUND AT LITTLE CURACAO
ON 6TH NOVEMBER 1909 AND WAS NOT SALVAGABLE
THERE IS A REFERENCE TO HER BEING A VESSEL OF 1,540 TONS BUT THIS IS CLEARLY A TYPING ERROR