The worlds only surviving four masted full rigged sailing ship. Built in 1878 by Russell @ Company Port Glassgow, Scotland
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| Falls of Clyde from tower at Hawai'I Maritime Center | |
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| Schoonerman Photos February 2001 |
Length 280
Length on Deck 266
Breth 40 Ft
Depth of Hole 25 ft
Mast Height 138 Ft
Net Tonnage 1740
The first of six four-masted ships built for Wright and Breakenridge's Built in 1878 by Russel & Co., Port Glasgow Falls of Clyde is an iron-hulled, four-masted vessel originally rigged as a ship, later downrigged to a bark, subsequently dismasted, and then restored in 1970 to her original ship rig.
More Information
Falls
of Clyde National Historic Landmark Nomination
Ships of the World: An Historical Encyclopedia - - Falls of Clyde
Bishop
Museum - Hawai`i Maritime Center - The Falls of Clyde