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Name Official number Flag IMO
WYLO  60939  GBR   
Year built Date launched Date completed
1869  15/04/1869   
Vessel type Vessel description
Cargo   Composite Sailing Vessel 3 Masted Ship
Builder Yard Yard no
Robert Steele & Co., Greenock Cartsburn  171 
 

Tonnage Length Breadth Depth Draft
829 grt / 799 nrt / 192.9 ft  32.1 ft  20.2 ft   
Engine builder ,
Engine detail
 

First owner First port of register Registration date
James killick (Killick, Martin & Co), London.   London  15/05/1869 
Other names
 
Subsequent owner and registration history
7/1886 William Ross, London
1886 James Gibb Ross, Quebec 
Vessel history
Steele's last tea clipper.
Composite, Iron frame, planked.
1878 reduced to barque rig 
Remarks
 
End year Fate / Status
1887  Collision 03/07/1887 
Disposal Detail
On voyage Barbados for Montreal, WYLO was in collision at Quebec with the French steamer HENRI IV; WYLO was badly damaged and beached on the Louise Embankment to prevent her sinking - later condemned and broken up in situ. 
 

 

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Wylo artist James Brereton
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