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| History | |
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| Name | Loch Ard |
| Namesake | Loch Ard, Scotland |
| Owner | General Shipping Co |
| Operator | James Aitken |
| Port of registry | Glasgow |
| Builder | Charles Connell & Co, Scotstoun |
| Yard number | 87 |
| Launched | 8 November 1873 |
| Maiden voyage |
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| Identification |
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| Fate | Wrecked 1 June 1878 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Clipper |
| Tonnage | 1,693 GRT, 1,624 NRT |
| Length | 262.7 ft (80.1 m) |
| Beam | 38.3 ft (11.7 m) |
| Depth | 23.0 ft (7.0 m) |
| Propulsion | sail, three masts |
| Sail plan | full-rigged ship |
| Crew | 17 |
| Notes | Gave her name to Loch Ard Gorge, where she was wrecked. |
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Loch Ard was an iron-hulled clipper ship that was built in Scotland in 1873 and wrecked on the Shipwreck Coast of Victoria, Australia in 1878.[1][2]
- ^ "The Loch Ard Lost". The Argus. No. 9, 972. Melbourne. 3 June 1878. p. 5. Retrieved 9 March 2017 – via Trove.
- ^ "The loss of the Loch Ard". Cairns Post. Vol. XXXV, no. 5137. Cairns. 18 March 1925. p. 3. Retrieved 9 March 2017 – via Trove.