Dalecarlia
 Official Number
70955 ?

The Dalecarlia was a full-rigged ship built by the Barrow Shipbuilding Company. She was launched on the 20th May 1875, Yard No.21, and had been built for S.R.Greaves & Sons.

The Dalecarlia was posted "missing" in September 1876 (see Source 3). She had sailed from Calcutta on the 1st February 1876 bound for London with a cargo of tea, linseed and jute, and had not been heard of since.
 

Name
Year Built
Gross Tons
Length (feet)
Breadth (feet)
Depth (feet)
Masts
Figurehead
Stern
Lloyd's Classn.
Dalecarlia
1875
1488 
 238
 38
 20.5
 
 
 
 

Sources :

  1. "Portrait of a Shipbuilder: Barrow-Built Vessels since 1873", ed. Nigel Harris ISBN 0 947971 32 7 (published 1989).
  2. Information from Sheila Cartwright.
  3. The Times, Thursday, 28th September 1876, page 10 - official number partly illegible, (70 2 or 9 ?6?5?), Liverpool named as port of registry.
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