Vallejo
Official Number
63882

The Vallejo was an iron barque built at Harrington by R.Williamson & Son in March 1871. She was registered at Workington and was owned by John Gambles, a Harrington shipowner, from her launch until 1894. From 1895 to 1900 her owner was I.Shute, and in 1897 the vessel's registry was transferred from Workington to Liverpool.
 

Name
Year Built
Gross Tons
Length (feet)
Breadth (feet)
Depth (feet)
Masts
Figurehead
Stern
Lloyd's Classn.
Vallejo
1871
 652
 173.6
 30.1
 19.6
3
 
 
 

Sources :

  1. Vessel not listed in "Shipbuilding at Workington - a Checklist" by Harry Fancy, pub. Whitehaven Museum (1985). Possibly launched under a different name.
  2. Mystic Seaport Library Ship Register Search has shipping register details from 1872 to1900.
  3. American Lloyd's Register of American and Foreign Shipping, 1879
  4. National Maritime Museum has one photograph of the Vallejo, negative no. P6578.
  5. Photo available at the Queensland State Library and Picture Australia.
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