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Kentmere - (1904-1906)
Four-masted iron ship "Kentmere".
( Photo thanks to Geoff Traill )
Kentmere
A four-masted iron ship built in 1883 by W.H. Potter & Son, Liverpool.
Dimensions: 91,44×12,85×7,48 meters [300'0"×42'2"×24'7"] and tonnage: 2521 GRT and 2457 NRT.
Rigged with skysails and royals over double top and topgallant sails.
1883 June
Launched at the shipyard of W.H. Potter & Son, Liverpool, for Fisher & Sprott, London.
Used in the Indian jute trade under command of Captain W. Tickle.
1896
Sold to F.E. Bliss, London.
1904
Sold to Anglo-American Oil Co., London. Reduced to barque rig. Captain J. Seldon.
1906
Hulked at Punt Arenas while belonging to the Pacific Steam & Navigation Co.