 Balclutha at her mooring in San Francisco. Balclutha is a steel-hulled full rigged ship, built in 1886 and is currently preserved at San Francisco, California. Clutha is the Gaelic word for the Clyde River near Glasgow, Scotland and Balclutha is the town on the Clyde which is Glasgow, where the ship was constructed. Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 732 × 599 pixelsFull resolution (1400 × 1146 pixel, file size: 154 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Photo of ship Balclutha in San Francisco, taken June 2003 by User:Stan Shebs (Re-upload of Balclutha. ...
Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 732 × 599 pixelsFull resolution (1400 × 1146 pixel, file size: 154 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Photo of ship Balclutha in San Francisco, taken June 2003 by User:Stan Shebs (Re-upload of Balclutha. ...
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A full rigged ship or fully rigged ship is a square rigged sailing vessel with three or more masts, all of them square rigged. ...
Year 1886 (MDCCCLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Sunday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ...
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Official language(s) English Capital Sacramento Largest city Los Angeles Area Ranked 3rd - Total 158,302 sq mi (410,000 km²) - Width 250 miles (400 km) - Length 770 miles (1,240 km) - % water 4. ...
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Motto (Latin) No one provokes me with impunity Cha togar mfhearg gun dioladh (Scottish Gaelic)1 Wha daur meddle wi me?(Scots)1 Anthem (Multiple unofficial anthems) Scotlands location in Europe Capital Edinburgh Largest city Glasgow Official languages English, Gaelic, Scots Government Constitutional monarchy - Queen Queen Elizabeth II...
History of the Balclutha
The Balclutha was built in 1886 by Charles Connell & Co. Ltd., of Glasgow in Scotland, for Robert McMillan, of Dumbarton in Scotland. Designed as a general trader, Balclutha rounded Cape Horn 17 times in 13 years. During this period she carried cargoes such as wine, case oil, and coal from Europe and the East Coast of the United States to various ports in the Pacific. These included Chile for nitrate, Australia and New Zealand for wool, Burma for rice, San Francisco for grain, and the Pacific Northwest for timber. Year 1886 (MDCCCLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Sunday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ...
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Motto (Latin) No one provokes me with impunity Cha togar mfhearg gun dioladh (Scottish Gaelic)1 Wha daur meddle wi me?(Scots)1 Anthem (Multiple unofficial anthems) Scotlands location in Europe Capital Edinburgh Largest city Glasgow Official languages English, Gaelic, Scots Government Constitutional monarchy - Queen Queen Elizabeth II...
Dumbarton (Dùn Breatainn in Scottish Gaelic) is a burgh in Scotland, lying on the north bank of the River Clyde where the River Leven flows into the Clyde estuary. ...
Cape Horn from the South. ...
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In 1899 the Balclutha transferred to the registry of Hawaii, and traded timber from the Pacific Northwest to Australia, returning to San Francisco with Australian coal. Year 1899 (MDCCCXCIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar). ...
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In 1902 the Balclutha was renamed the Star of Alaska and joined the salmon fishing trade, sailing north from the San Francisco area to Alaska in April with supplies, fishermen and cannery workers, and returned in September with canned salmon. For this trade she carried over 200 crew, as compared to the 26 man crew she carried as the Balclutha. Her last voyage in this trade was in 1930. 1902 (MCMII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ...
Illustration of a male Coho Salmon The Chinook or King Salmon is the largest salmon in North America and can grow to 1. ...
Official language(s) none Capital Juneau Largest city Anchorage Area Ranked 1st - Total 663,267 sq mi (1,717,855 km²) - Width 808 miles (1,300 km) - Length 1,479 miles (2,380 km) - % water 13. ...
1930 (MCMXXX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link is to a full 1930 calendar). ...
In 1933, the Star of Alaska was renamed the Pacific Queen. In this guise she appeared in the film Mutiny on the Bounty starring Clark Gable and Charles Laughton. She then eked out an existence as an exhibition ship, gradually deteriorating. 1933 (MCMXXXIII) was a common year starting on Sunday. ...
Mutiny on the Bounty, based on the 1932 novel by Charles Nordhoff, is a 1935 film starring Charles Laughton, Clark Gable and Franchot Tone. ...
William Clark Gable (February 1, 1901 – November 16, 1960) was an Academy Award-winning American film actor. ...
Charles Laughton (1 July 1899 – 15 December 1962) was an English stage and film actor. ...
In 1954, the Pacific Queen was acquired by the San Francisco Maritime Museum, who restored her and renamed her back to Balclutha. In 1985 she was designated a National Historic Landmark. She is now one of the exhibits of the San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park and is to be found moored at the park's Hyde Street Pier. 1954 (MCMLIV) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
1985 (MCMLXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
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The historic fleet moored at Hyde Street Pier, with Alcatraz and Angel Island in the background. ...
As well as being exhibited, she is host to a monthly sea shanty sing-around. Sea shanties (singular shanty, also spelled chantey; derived from the French word chanter, to sing) were shipboard working songs. ...
General characteristics - Gross tonnage: 1689 tons (1716 tonnes)
- Overall length: 301 ft (91.7 m)
- Length of deck: 256.5 ft (78.1 m)
- Beam: 38.6 ft (11.8 m)
- Depth: 22.7 ft (6.9 m)
- Height of mainmast: 145 ft (44.2 m)
See also Four other Clyde-built tall ships are still afloat: The USCGC Eagle. ...
Falls of Clyde is the only surviving iron-hulled, four-masted full rigged ship, and the only surviving sail-driven oil tanker, in the world. ...
Logo of the tall ship Glenlee at Glasgow Harbour. ...
Moshulu (ex Kurt) is a four-masted steel barque built by William Hamilton on the River Clyde in Scotland in 1904, and currently a floating restaurant docked in Penns Landing, Philadelphia. ...
The Pommern is one of the Flying P-Liners, the famous sailing ships of the German shipping company F. Laeisz. ...
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Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1536x1152, 472 KB)Capstan on the sailing ship Balclutha. ...
Nautical capstan A capstan is a rotating machine used to control or apply force to another element, usually linear. ...
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An anchor windlass within the forecastle on the main deck of the sailing ship Balclutha. ...
forecastle with figurehead Grand Turk Focsle of the Prince William, a modern square rigged ship, in the North Sea. ...
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External links - San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park website - Balclutha webpage
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