Category:Ambassador (ship, 1869)
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Ship
[edit]- Type: Tea clipper
- Built by: John and William Walker at Lavender Dock in Rotherhithe
- Yard No:
- Keel laid:
- Launched:
- Completed: 1869
- Length over all: 176 ft
- Beam: 31.3 ft
- GT: 714
- DWT:
- russiadock.blogspot.com
- www.theshipslist.com
History
[edit]- 1869 Named Ambassador; Flag: United Kingdom
- Call sign: JDFC
- Port: London
- Owner: W. Lund and Sons, Blue Anchor line
- 1874 Reduced to barque rig
- 1888 Sold to George Milne of the Inver Line in Aberdeen
- 1889 Sold to G. Shaddick, Swansea
- 1891 Sold to Burgess and Co. of London
- 1894 Sold to Aktieselskabet Kristians; Flag: Norway
- 1894 Sold to Ole G. Olsen, Kristians; Flag: Norway
- 1895.12 Condemned in Port Stanley following July 1895 storm damage
- 1896.01 Sold to Frank Townsend
- Sold to Jose Menendez and Mauricio Braun
- Used as storage hulk
- 1899 Beached at Punta Arenas
- 1973 Wreck declared a national landmark
Media in category "Ambassador (ship, 1869)"
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