MONTROSE / MONTROSA

MONTROSE WAS A IRON BARQUE OF 1,022 TONS.SHE WAS BUILT IN 1863 BY BARCLAY CURLE & CO AT GLASGOW.

 HER OWNERS WERE THOMAS S COWIE ?

HER FIRST OWNERS WERE  GREENSHIELD CROWIE & CO OF LIVERPOOL

UNDER THE COMMAND OF CAPTAIN McINTYRE IN DECEMBER 1869 SHE SAILED FOR AUSTRALIA  FOR THE WHITE STAR LINE

SHE WAS RE-RIGGED AS A BARQUE IN 1884

 IN 1888/1889  SHE WAS OWNED BY HANS PETER BRECKWOLDT OF HAMBURG AND RENAMED MONTROSA

 SHE WAS LATER RE REGISTERED AS A RUSSIAN FLAG VESSEL AND WAS OWNED BY M ERIKSON OF MARIEHAMN IN 1889

SHE WAS BROKEN UP 6TH FEBRUARY 1928 / 1929 AFTER BEING DAMAGED IN A STORM IN THE NORTH SEA.SHE MADE CUXHAVEN AND WAS THEN TOWED TO LONDON WHERE SHE WAS CONDEMMED AND BROKEN UP I THINK IN BRUGE

MONTROSE / MONTROSA