Doxford

An iron barque built in 1868 by W. Doxford & Sons, Sunderland. Dimensions 54,29×9,10×5,92 meters [178'0"×29'8"×19'4"] and 709 GRT, 682 NRT and 668 tons under deck.

1868 June: Launched at the shipyard of W. Doxford & Sons, Sunderland, for Horatio Nelson Hughes, Liverpool. Assigned the official British Reg. No. 60073 and signal HDLR. Employed in the India trade.
1875 October 16: Sold through the shipbroker C.W. Kellock & Co. to R.W. Leyland & Co., Liverpool, for £ 8000. [Walker also has the date 1878]
1875: Captain Thomas Henry Withers, who also owned four shares in the ship, was given command of the ship.
1889: Captain A.J. Lonnen.
1903: Sold to Indische Handels Co., Batavia, and was renamed Henriette Haasman.
1909: Stranded and was disappeared from the registers.
1915: Listed as owned by the Texas Co., Port Arthur, and named Ida.
1917: Owner: Cuban Molasses Co., Havana, and named Panuco.

Still afloat in 1925.

References:

Square-rigged ships, general references.
Walker, David: Champion of Sail. R.W. Leyland and his Shipping Line.
Conway Maritime Press, London, 1986. 4to, 191 pp, ill.

Updated 1997-05-17 by Lars Bruzelius

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