This four-masted barque with a jubilee rig (i.e., no sails above the topgallants) and of 2842 gross registered tons, was built for the jute trade between Calcutta and Dundee by W.B. Thompson and Co. of Dundee, and launched on 3 December 1891. In 1900, after just under ten years carrying jute, she was bought by the Anglo-American Oil Company and carried case oil in the Pacific. She was re-sold just before the First World War to George Windram and Co., Liverpool, to carry general cargoes. In 1917, she was again sold to Sir William Garthwaite's Marine Navigation Co. and renamed 'Garthpool' in 1920 (though only formally the following year). On her first voyage as 'Garthpool', from Port Lincoln (Australia) to Falmouth in 1921, her captain died at sea and the ship was then laid up for two years because of depressed freight rates. In 1924, her port of registry changed to Montreal and she sailed again in general trade. Two years later, she resumed sailing in the Australian grain trade between Adelaide and, usually, Hull. She was not fast, her passages often exceeding 120 days. On 23 October 1929, she left Hull, outward bound in ballast, and on 11 November ran aground without casualties at Boavista, one of the Cape Verde Islands, and became a wreck. She is often said to have been the last British deep-water sailing ship, which technically she was by flying the Canadian merchant ensign. One of her crew on this last voyage was Stan Hugill, later well-known as a shanty-man and writer on the last days of sail. This picture by Derek Gardner (1914-2007) who was well-known for his historical shipping subjects, is signed and dated 1967. [PvdM. based on web sources 5/13]