Wasdale
 Official Number
84165

The second Wasdale built by the Whitehaven Ship Building Company for the Dale Line was launched in September 1881, three years after the first Wasdale had been lost off Cape Horn. Like her predecessor she was a full-rigged ship, though built of steel rather than iron.

When the Dale Line was dispersed in 1899 she was retained under the management of Capt. William Kelly. However, within a year she had been sold on to Trinder, Andersen & Co. In 1906 she was owned by A/S Wasdale (N.A. Lydersen), Tvedestrand, Norway.

 Wasdale, courtesy of Clive Park

On the 13th January 1917 the Wasdale left Horta (Fayal, Azores) bound for Dublin. On the 3rd February 1917 she was sunk by a German submarine, the crew being rescued by the Dutch steamship Samarinda.
Name
Year Built
Gross Tons
Length (feet)
Breadth (feet)
Depth (feet)
Masts
Figurehead
Stern
Lloyd's Classn.
Wasdale
1881
1879 
262.3 
39.3 
24.1 
3 
 
 
  

Sources :

  1. Lloyds Register of Shipping (signal code WFBC)
  2. Information and photo from Clive Park
  3. http://pc-78-120.udac.se:8001/WWW/Nautica/Ships/Merchant/Sail/W/Wasdale(1881).html
  4. The ship is mentioned in "The Last of the Windjammers" Vol.1 by Basil Lubbock (1927).
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