Category: Derry Castle (1852)
Categories: 1850s Ships | Ships by Name
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- The ‘Derry Castle’s home port - of both registry and survey - was Liverpool. She was built at the Port of Québec in 1852 from oak, hackmatack (tamarack), birch and pine. In 1853 her hull was sheathed with felt and yellow metal (an alloy of two parts of copper and one of zinc) and partly fastened with iron bolts. She was 941 tons gross using the new measurements and 841 tons using the old; and owned by G. Oxley, according to Lloyd’s Register of British & Foreign Shipping for 1854/55.
- Note: Another vessel called the ‘Derry Castle’ was built at Glasgow in 1883 and was based at Limerick, Ireland. She was an iron barque of 1,367 tons gross. On a voyage from Geelong to Falmouth, with a cargo of wheat, she ran onto a reef off Enderby Island in New Zealand’s Auckland Islands. Only eight of her crew of 23 reached shore and survived.
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