Loch Sunart (sailing ship)
Scottish sailing ship that was wrecked on the Irish coast in 1879 / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For other ships with the same name, see MV Loch Sunart.
Loch Sunart was an iron-hulled sailing ship that was built in Scotland in 1878 for Loch Line's service between Great Britain and Australia. The ship was named after Loch Sunart in Lochaber.
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Name | Loch Sunart |
Namesake | Loch Sunart |
Owner | James Aitken |
Operator | General Shipping Co |
Port of registry | Glasgow |
Builder | A. & J. Inglis, Pointhouse |
Yard number | 135 |
Launched | 19 January 1878 |
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Fate | wrecked 13 January 1879 |
General characteristics | |
Tonnage | 1,284 GRT, 1,231 NRT |
Length | 225.5 ft (68.7 m) |
Beam | 35.5 ft (10.8 m) |
Depth | 21.6 ft (6.6 m) |
Decks | 2 |
Sail plan | 3 masts, square-rigged ship |
Capacity | 45 passengers |
Crew | 32 |
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She and wrecked off the coast of Ulster in 1879, but without loss of life. Her crew included Thomas Pearce, who had also survived the wreck of Loch Ard in Australia the previous year.