RODNEY / GIPSY

RODNEY WAS A IRON HULL CLIPPER  SHIP OF ABOUT 1,147 TONS. SHE HAD BEEN BUILT FOR  DEVITT & MOORE OF LONDON IN 1874 BY WILLIAM PILE

  SHE WAS CHARTERED BY SHAW SAVILL & CO . SHE ONLY CARRIED FIRST CLASS PASSENGERS, HAVING BATHROOMS AND HOT AND COLD RUNNING WATER AND TOILETS FITTED IN ALL CABINS.

IN 1897 ( 1896 ? ) SHE WAS SOLD TO A FRENCH COMPANY F BOISSIERE OF NANTES AND RENAMED GIPSY AND CONVERTED TO A BARQUE

ON 7TH  DECEMBER OF 1901 WHILE OF THE COAST OF CORNWALL ( DOWNDERRY NR LOOE )  SHE WAS WRECKED WHILE ON A VOYAGE FROM IQUIQUE ( CHILE ) TO FRANCE CARRYING A CARGO OF NITRATE