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The 1886 square-rigged ship Balclutha.
Overall Length 301 feet
Length of Deck 256.5 feet
Beam 38.6 feet
Depth 22.7 feet
Gross Tonnage 1689
Height of Mainmast 145 feet
•Balclutha is a three-masted, steel-hulled, square-rigged ship built to carry a variety of cargo all over the world.
•Launched in 1886 by the Charles Connell and Company shipyard near Glasgow, Scotland, the ship carried goods around Cape Horn (tip of South America) 17 times.
•It took a crew of about 26 men to handle the ship at sea with her complex rigging and 25 sails.
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