Queen Margaret
Date
2008
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Texas Tech University Libraries
Abstract
Ship Name: Queen Margaret; Sailed: 1893-1913; Type: Steel 4-masted bark; Built by: Dumbarton by A. MacMillan & Son; Dimensions: 275' x 42.2' x 24'; Tonnage: 2144 tons.
Description
Queen Margaret was always noted as a skysail ship, but in this photograph the skysail yards have been sent down. Queen Margaret sailed with cargoes of wheat, jute, coal, nitrates from South America, Australia, North America and Europe. The ship had the misfortune of stranding by accident on the rocks at Lizard Point in 1913.
Keywords
Merchant Ships, Ships