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Robert Ritson | Official Number
26040
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The Robert Ritson was a barque built at Maryport in 1851. Her
first owner and commander was Capt.Fawcett Johnston, who had previously
been master of the Mary Ann Johnston and was later to own the William Ritson.
The Robert Ritson spent most of her career in the trade to India. Her registry at Liverpool was closed on the 16th December 1873, the vessel
having been sold to foreigners.
She was subsequently renamed Gladan, and was registered at Gothenburg, Sweden. She was still listed in shipping registers in 1900.
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Name
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Year Built
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Gross Tons
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Length (feet)
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Breadth (feet)
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Depth (feet)
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Masts
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Figurehead
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Stern
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Lloyd's Classn.
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Robert Ritson
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1851
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660
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141.0
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29.5
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20.6
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3
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12 years A1
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Sources :
- Lloyd's Register of Shipping 1851-2: Robert Ritson, barque 570 tons om, 695 tons nm, owned by Johnston & Co., registered at Maryport, master Capt.F.Johnston.
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Mercantile Navy List 1857 - vessel registered at Maryport, 696 tons, signal
letters PJLW.
- BoT Transcript of Liverpool Shipping Register (No.248 for 1864) at the
Merseyside Maritime Museum.
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Clayton's Register of Shipping 1865 - vessel registered at Maryport, 641
tons, owned by Fawcett Johnston of Maryport, and commanded by Capt.J.Russell.
- Mercantile Navy List 1867: Robert Ritson, 642 tons, official number 26040, signal letters PJLW, owned by Fawcett Johnston, registered at Maryport.
- Lloyd's Register of Shipping 1871-2 Robert Ritson, barque, 642 tons, owned by J.H.Allen, registered at Boston, USA.
- Lloyd's Register of Shipping 1873-4: Robert Ritson, barque, 642 tons, registered at Boston, USA - annotated "now named Gladan". In Supplement, Gladan, barque, registered at Ornen.
- American Lloyd's Register of American and Foreign Shipping, 1877: Gladan, registered at Gottenburg.
- Record of American and Foreign Shipping, 1900: Gladan, registered at Gottenburg, last surveyed August 1897.