Built as an iron hulled ship under yard No 64 by A. Stephen & Sons, Dundee for David Bruce & Co. (Dundee Clipper Line), Dundee, Scotland.
19 September 1876 launched as the GLAMIS.
Tonnage 1,150 tons, dim. 225.3 x 34.8 x 21.9 ft.
Three masts and barque rigged.
Two decks.
Figure head, a female bust.
October 1876 completed, homeport Dundee.
Her maiden voyage was from London to Brisbane, Australia under command of Captain John Key with on board 250 emigrants, arrived Brisbane 07 November 1876.
Most of her voyages were to Australia and after discharging made some trips to India or returned with a cargo home to the U.K. from Australia.
She was a good sailing ship and made most of her voyages within her expected time. On voyage from the U.K to the North West coast of America via Cape Horn .
12 May 1891 she stranded six miles south of Kingston, Australia, when a fluke broke of her anchor and she started to drift on the beach.
Later refloated.
1902 During a hurricane she was damaged in Port Elizabeth, South Africa.
1904 After loading a wheat cargo in Sydney she made the west coast of South America in distress, and she made a call at Conception Bay, Chile, leaking badly.
April 1905 was she sold to A/S Glamis (L.Lydersen) Tvedestrand, Norway.
1911 The owner is given as N.A. Lydersen.
In the captains report over the loss of his ship is given:
On her last voyage she loaded 1,246 tons logwood in Sav-la.Mar, Jamaica and sailed out on 15 March 1913 under command of Captain Thomas Thorbjornsen bound for Riga, Russia.
Weather good with light wind and from various directions, the next day, ship was drifting with the current and did not steer in the light wind. On the 18th late that day the weather changed and at midnight got heavy squalls and rain while the wind increased. Took in some sails and during a clearing in the weather, land was sighted on the lee side and orders were given to alter course, but it was to late the ship struck on a coral reef off the east point of the Grand Cayman, after grounding she pounded heavily aft.
The pumps were manned but the water was rising in the hold and at 07.00 a.m. the 19th seventeen foot of water was sounded in the hold.
Seas were coming over her sides and on the 20th the crew was send on shore while the position of the ship was hopeless, only the captain and two officers stayed on board till the 21st, when it got to dangerous to stay on board and the ship was abandoned.
Later about half of her cargo was salved and sold but the ship broke up by the sea.
Her anchor is just part of the massive amount of well-broken up remains of this steel ship which litters the shallow reef at the northeast end of Grand Cayman.
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Source: Trove.
http://www.caymanpost.gov.ky/portal/pag ... ema=PORTAL
http://diginole.lib.fsu.edu/cgi/viewcon ... 0GLAMIS%22