Grasmere
 Official Number
74488

The Grasmere was an iron full-rigged ship built by the Whitehaven Shipbuilding Company at Whitehaven in December 1875. Originally owned by Fisher & Sprott of Liverpool, she was sold to W.S.Kennaugh and then to Norwegian owners in 1905. By this time she was a barque. Source 2 states that the Grasmere was hulked in Germany during the First World War.
 

Name
Year Built
Gross Tons
Length (feet)
Breadth (feet)
Depth (feet)
Masts
Figurehead
Stern
Lloyd's Classn.
Grasmere
1875
1304 
226.0 
36.1 
22.1 
3 
 
 
100 a1 

Sources :

  1. Lloyds Register of Shipping 1877 (names owner as Fisher & Sprott, port of registry Liverpool, names master as Windemer).
  2. "Shipbuilding in Whitehaven - A Checklist" by Harry Fancy, Whitehaven Museum (1984)
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