Garfield - Titanic Quarter - Belfast
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A metal disc set in the footpath approaching Belfast Harbour Marina in the Titanic Quarter relating to the the Garfield, built at this site.
Waymark Code: WMV2KH
Location: Ulster, Ireland
Date Posted: 02/13/2017
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"At her launch the clipper Garfiels was the largest steel hull rigger in the world and chiefly sailed betreen San Fransisco in the grain train. She also undertook half a dozen voyages to Calcutta and one to Melbourne. She developed the reputation as a reliable and speedy transporter."
SOURCE - plaque
"The Garfield was the first steel ship Harland and Wolff built. She had the added honor of being the first ship to fit the short spike bowsprit, which soon led to the removal of the old bowsprit and jib-boom from all other ships. At her launch she was the largest full-rigger in the world.
On the 5th October 1895 while bound from Liverpool to Valparaiso with coal, she caught fire and was abandoned. She was afterwards picked up and towed to port. She laid for many years in port on the West Coast, lying at moorings in Coquimbo, Chile burnt out, with only bowsprit and fore lower mast standing.
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Ship Number |
146
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Vessel Type
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Sailing Ship
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Built
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Belfast
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Launch Date
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7 January 1882
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Delivered
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19 February 1882
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Owner
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North Western Shipping Co
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Weight
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2317 grt
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BP Length
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292 feet
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Breadth
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41 feet
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No. of Screws
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Speed (approx)
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Propulsion
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Sail
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Official No.
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86155
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Registered
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Liverpool
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I.M.O.
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Fate
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Burnt Out"
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SOURCE - (Visit Link)