Balclutha

The 1886 square-rigger BALCLUTHA.

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Overall Length	301 feet
Length of Deck	256.5 feet
Beam	38.6 feet
Depth	22.7 feet
Gross Tonnage	1689
Height of Mainmast	145 feet

 

• Balclutha is a three-masted, steel-hulled, square-rigged ship built to carry a variety of cargo all over the world.
• Launched in 1886 by the Charles Connell and Company shipyard near Glasgow, Scotland, the ship carried goods around Cape Horn (tip of South America) 17 times.
• It took a crew of about 26 men to handle the ship at sea with her complex rigging and 25 sails.

More about Balclutha’s careers as a British Deepwaterman, Salmon Packet and Movie Star.