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Jutepolis - (1900-1911)
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Juteopolis
A four-masted steel barque built in 1891 by W.B. Thompson & Co. Dundee, as yard no. 107.
Dimensions 94,48×13,71×7,64 meters [310'0"×45'0"×25'1"] and tonnage 2842 GRT and 2652 NRT.
Rigged with with nothing over double topgallant sails.
1891 December 3
Launched at the shipyard of W.B. Thompson & Co., Dundee, for C. Barrie, Dundee.
Assigned the British Official No. 99207.
1899
Sold to Jutepolis Sailing Ship Co. Ltd (F.E. Bliss manager), London, together with Lawhill for £ 39.000.
1900
Transferred to Anglo-American Oil Co., London.
1911
Sold to George Windram & Son, Liverpool, for £ 6500.
1917
Sold to Marine Navigation Co. of Canada Ltd. (Sir William Garthwaite manager), London.
1920
Renamed Garthpool.
1922
Registered in Montreal but still flying the British flag.
1927 October 13 January 13
Sailed from Dublin to Adelaide in 92 days.
1929 November 11
Wrecked at Boavista, Cape Verde Islands, on voyage from Hull to Adelaide in ballast.