County of Peebles (ship)

The County of Peebles was the world's first four-masted, iron-hulled full-rigged ship. It was built during 1875, by Barclay Curle Shipbuilders in Glasgow, Scotland, for the shipping company of Glasgow. Measuring 81.2 metres (266 ft 5 in) long, with a beam of 11.8 metres (38 ft 9 in), a draught of 7.1 metres (23 ft 4 in) and a cargo capacity of 1,614 net register tons (NRT), it was a state-of-the-art windjammer when it began its use, for the jute trade between the ports of Dundee and Cardiff in Great Britain and Bombay and Calcutta / Hooghly River in East India. Its rig was 'Scottish style', with royal sails above double top-sails and single topgallants.

County of Peebles (ship)

The County of Peebles was the world's first four-masted, iron-hulled full-rigged ship. It was built during 1875, by Barclay Curle Shipbuilders in Glasgow, Scotland, for the shipping company of Glasgow. Measuring 81.2 metres (266 ft 5 in) long, with a beam of 11.8 metres (38 ft 9 in), a draught of 7.1 metres (23 ft 4 in) and a cargo capacity of 1,614 net register tons (NRT), it was a state-of-the-art windjammer when it began its use, for the jute trade between the ports of Dundee and Cardiff in Great Britain and Bombay and Calcutta / Hooghly River in East India. Its rig was 'Scottish style', with royal sails above double top-sails and single topgallants.