SWANMORE  / SIXTUS

SWANMORE / SIXTUS WAS A IRON BARQUE OF 1,822 TONS BUILT BY HARLAND & WOLFF IN BELFAST IN 1866. SHE WAS OWNED BY MEYERS & SON BUT SHE WAS  MANAGED BY ISMAY,IMRIE & CO. SHE WAS WRECKED IN AUGUST 1905 IN THE VICINITY OF CAPE HORN.SHE WAS SOLD TO A DANISH CONCERN AND RE-NAMED SIXTUS. 

 

STANMORE / DEUDRAETH CASTLE

STANMORE WAS AN IRON BARQUE OF 1,824 TONS BUILT IN 1866 BY HARLAND & WOLFF IN BELFAST AND WAS OWNED BY W H MEYERS AND MANAGED BY ISMAY,IMRIE & CO.SHE WAS REGISTERED IN LIVERPOOL.IN 1900 SHE WAS SOLD TO DEUDRAETH CASTLE SHIP CO  ( THOMAS & CO ) SHE WAS ABANDONED IN A SINKING CONDITION IN THE VICINITY OF CAPE HORN IN NOVEMBER 1905

 

*THERE IS CONFUSION OVER THESE TWO VESSELS LATER HISTORY, THERE ARE REFERENCES WHICH INDICATE BOTH VESSELS WERE RE-NAMED SIXTUS , BUT I BELIEVE THE INFORMATION ABOVE TO BE CORRECT*

 

 

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