Lalla Rookh (1876 ship)
Lalla Rookh was an iron three-masted barque, 841 tons, built in 1876 by R & J Evans and Co. in Liverpool and originally owned by E. C. Friend and Co.[1]
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| History | |
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| UK, Norway, Finland | |
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| Owner: | E. C. Friend and Co. (1876–c.1898); many others |
| Builder: | R & J Evans and Co., Liverpool |
| Launched: | 1876 |
| Fate: | Broken up in Bruges, 1828 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Barque |
| Tons burthen: | 841 tons |
In August 1897, Lalla Rookh put into Port Jackson, New South Wales, in distress, on a voyage from Calcutta, India, to Antofagasta in Chile, after being damaged in a hurricane south of the equator.[2] She was taken to Mort's Dock for repairs.[3] It was reported that it would take some time to repair and refit the British ship.[4]
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The ship was sold c.1898 to the Newark Shipping Co. and again c.1904 to Lever Bros.[5] On 21 March 1905 she sailed from Brisbane to Falmouth, Cornwall, in 199 days, and later that year was sold to O.T. Tørnevold, of Grimstad, Norway, with a name change to Effendi[6] (or this name change may have occurred in 1916).[5]
In 1919 she was sold to H.T. Realfsen, of Skien, and was renamed Belona, and two years later was laid up in Skien. In March 1923, after being sold to the Finnish Verner Hacklin, she became Karhu.[6]
In February 1926 she was sold to Gustav Erikson, reverted to her original name, and was broken up[5] in late 1928 in Bruges.[6]
References
- "Lalla Rookh". Passengers in History. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
- "Barque Lalla Rookh". The Evening News (Sydney) (9415). New South Wales, Australia. 9 August 1897. p. 8. Retrieved 25 January 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
- "The Lalla Rookh". Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate (7111). New South Wales, Australia. 26 August 1897. p. 4. Retrieved 25 January 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
- "The Lalla Rookh". Esperance Times. I (94). Western Australia. 11 August 1897. p. 2. Retrieved 25 January 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
- "The 'Lalla Rookh' in an unidentified port". State Library of South Australia. Retrieved 23 January 2021.
- "Sailing Ships: Lalla Rookh (1856)". Bruzelius.info. Retrieved 23 January 2021.
Further reading
- "LALLA ROOKH (1876)". DigitaltMuseum (in Norwegian). - Some more detail here, including mention of Auckland and Cardiff. (And search shows more entries on this site.)