A 4 masted Steel Barque built in 1905 by John Scott in Greenock, The last
square rigged ship built on the Clyde. 2,385gtns.L. 291 ft. B. 43ft. Dr.24ft.
Won the Australian Grain Race in 1929 sailing from Melbourne to
Queenstown in 93 days. From 1932 until WW2 she was one of Captain
Gustav Erikson's Fleet of Grain ships working to and from
Australia/Germany. In 1939 she was impounded in Britain cut down
eventually to serve as a barge, Broken up in 1949.
Ted Evans, Liverpool.
Falk Is SG570
Archibald Russell
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Built as a four masted steel hulled barque under yard No 391 by Scott Shipbuilding & Engineering Co., Greenock, Scotland for John Hardie & Son, Glasgow.
23 January 1905 launched as the ARCHIBALD RUSSELL. She was named after one of the shareholders in the ship.
Tonnage 2,354 grt, 2,048 nrt, 3,950 dwt. Dim.88.8 x 13.0 x 7.3m.
Building cost £20,750.
28 February 1905 she left Greenock under command of Captain Charles Lowe for her maiden voyage under tow to Port Talbot to load a full cargo of coal for Iquique.
21 March 1905 sailed Port Talbot and arrived 2 July in Iquique after a passage of 103 days.
Was thereafter used in world wide tramping mostly between Europe and South America and Australia.
1922 Was she laid up at Cardiff.
December 1923 sold to Gustav Erikson, Mariahamn for £5,500, not renamed.
Used in the same trade.
When World War II broke out she was at Hull.
June 1941 detained by the British Government, and taken over by the Ministry of Food and used as a store ship.
Her masts and sails were removed and she was towed to Goole where she was used as floating grain storage.
Till 1947 used as a floating storage hulk.
1947 She was released by the Ministry of Transport and returned to Erikson.
1949 The ship was sold to British Iron and Steel Corporation for scrap.
The same year scrapped by J.J. King & Co, Gateshead-on-Tyne.
The figurehead of the ship is today in the Maritime Museum in Mariahamn, Aland Islands.
Falkland Islands 1989 4p sg570. scott?
Guyana 1998 $80 sg?, scott3310f
Djibouti 2000 25Fr. Sg?, scott817
Source: The last of the Windjammers by Basil Lubbock and various internet sites. Under which http://www.bruzelius.info/Nautica/Ships ... 1905).html
23 January 1905 launched as the ARCHIBALD RUSSELL. She was named after one of the shareholders in the ship.
Tonnage 2,354 grt, 2,048 nrt, 3,950 dwt. Dim.88.8 x 13.0 x 7.3m.
Building cost £20,750.
28 February 1905 she left Greenock under command of Captain Charles Lowe for her maiden voyage under tow to Port Talbot to load a full cargo of coal for Iquique.
21 March 1905 sailed Port Talbot and arrived 2 July in Iquique after a passage of 103 days.
Was thereafter used in world wide tramping mostly between Europe and South America and Australia.
1922 Was she laid up at Cardiff.
December 1923 sold to Gustav Erikson, Mariahamn for £5,500, not renamed.
Used in the same trade.
When World War II broke out she was at Hull.
June 1941 detained by the British Government, and taken over by the Ministry of Food and used as a store ship.
Her masts and sails were removed and she was towed to Goole where she was used as floating grain storage.
Till 1947 used as a floating storage hulk.
1947 She was released by the Ministry of Transport and returned to Erikson.
1949 The ship was sold to British Iron and Steel Corporation for scrap.
The same year scrapped by J.J. King & Co, Gateshead-on-Tyne.
The figurehead of the ship is today in the Maritime Museum in Mariahamn, Aland Islands.
Falkland Islands 1989 4p sg570. scott?
Guyana 1998 $80 sg?, scott3310f
Djibouti 2000 25Fr. Sg?, scott817
Source: The last of the Windjammers by Basil Lubbock and various internet sites. Under which http://www.bruzelius.info/Nautica/Ships ... 1905).html
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