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The ''Archibald Russell'' sailed the world delivering a variety of cargo (including timber, grain, nitrate, and coal) to various ports in the UK, Germany, Spain, Australia, Brazil and other countries. |
The ''Archibald Russell'' sailed the world delivering a variety of cargo (including timber, grain, nitrate, and coal) to various ports in the UK, Germany, Spain, Australia, Brazil and other countries. |
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In 1923 she was sold for £5500 to [[Gustaf Erikson]], who was famous for the fleet of [[windjammer]]s he operated, mainly on the grain trade from Australia to Europe. |
In 1923 she was sold for £5500 to [[Gustaf Erikson]], who was famous for the fleet of [[windjammer]]s he operated, mainly on the grain trade from Australia to Europe. The ship kept sailing for Erikson until outbreak of [[World War II]] in 1939. |
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At one point prior to the outbreak of war in 1939 the [[Honourable Company of Master Mariners]] considered purchasing the ship to use as a floating [[livery hall]], after it became apparent that the possibility of building a hall in the City of London had been rendered very remote. This idea was ultimately abandoned; however they later acquired and converted [[HMS Wellington]] to use for this purpose.<ref>''various proposals were examined, including the purchase of a sailing ship, the Archibald Russell.'' [[HMS Wellington]]</ref> |
At one point prior to the outbreak of war in 1939 the [[Honourable Company of Master Mariners]] considered purchasing the ship to use as a floating [[livery hall]], after it became apparent that the possibility of building a hall in the City of London had been rendered very remote. This idea was ultimately abandoned; however they later acquired and converted [[HMS Wellington (U65)]] in to use for this purpose.<ref>''various proposals were examined, including the purchase of a sailing ship, the Archibald Russell.'' [[HMS Wellington]]</ref> |
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''Archibald Russell'' was sold to the British Iron and Steel Corporation in 1949, and broken up later that year by J.J. King & Co., of Gateshead-on-Tyne. |
''Archibald Russell'' was detained by the British government in June 1941 (after Finland joined the war on German side, in an attempt to regain territories that it had lost to the (German sanctionated) Soviet invasion from November 1939). During the rest of the war, the ship was used as a store ship at [[Goole]]. After the war, the ship was returned to its Finnish owner in 1948, but, soon after, sold to the British Iron and Steel Corporation in 1949, and broken up later that year by J.J. King & Co., of Gateshead-on-Tyne. |
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==See also== |
==See also== |
Revision as of 03:45, 7 March 2018
Archibald Russell under full sail
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History | |
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Name | Archibald Russell |
Builder | Scotts Shipbuilding and Engineering Co. |
Cost | £20,750 |
Launched | 23 January 1905 |
Out of service | 1948 |
Fate | Broken up (1949) |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Four-masted steel barque |
Tonnage | 2354 GRT / 2048 NRT / 3950 DWT |
Length | 291.3 ft (88.8 m) |
Beam | 42.8 ft (13 m) |
Depth | 24 ft (7.3 m) |
Propulsion | Sail |
Archibald Russell was a tall ship built in 1905 by Scotts Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, Greenock for John Hardie & Son, Glasgow. She was a four-masted steel barque, equipped with two 120' long bilge keels, and rigged with royal sails over double top-gallant sails.
The Archibald Russell sailed the world delivering a variety of cargo (including timber, grain, nitrate, and coal) to various ports in the UK, Germany, Spain, Australia, Brazil and other countries.
In 1923 she was sold for £5500 to Gustaf Erikson, who was famous for the fleet of windjammers he operated, mainly on the grain trade from Australia to Europe. The ship kept sailing for Erikson until outbreak of World War II in 1939.
At one point prior to the outbreak of war in 1939 the Honourable Company of Master Mariners considered purchasing the ship to use as a floating livery hall, after it became apparent that the possibility of building a hall in the City of London had been rendered very remote. This idea was ultimately abandoned; however they later acquired and converted HMS Wellington (U65) in to use for this purpose.[1]
Archibald Russell was detained by the British government in June 1941 (after Finland joined the war on German side, in an attempt to regain territories that it had lost to the (German sanctionated) Soviet invasion from November 1939). During the rest of the war, the ship was used as a store ship at Goole. After the war, the ship was returned to its Finnish owner in 1948, but, soon after, sold to the British Iron and Steel Corporation in 1949, and broken up later that year by J.J. King & Co., of Gateshead-on-Tyne.
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- ^ various proposals were examined, including the purchase of a sailing ship, the Archibald Russell. HMS Wellington