History | |
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Name | Afon Cefni |
Owner | Hughes & Co. |
Port of registry | Liverpool |
Builder | A. Stephens & Sons for Hughes & Co, Glasgow, Scotland |
Yard number | 339 |
Launched | 10 March 1892 |
Completed | April 1892 |
Fate | Wrecked 1894 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Barque |
Tonnage | 2,066 GRT |
Length | 87.0 m (285 ft 5 in) pp |
Beam | 12.5 m (41 ft 0 in) |
Afon Cefni was an iron, four-masted barque. She was named after Afon Cefni, one of the rivers of Anglesey. Her sister ship was Afon Alaw, also named after an Anglesey river. Like Afon Alaw, Afon Cefni was built in Glasgow, Scotland by A. Stephens & Sons for Hughes & Co from Menai Bridge, Anglesey.
The ship's career, however, was not long. In January 1894 it was en route to San Francisco from Swansea when it was lost with all crew. Later, pieces of the ship washed up on the Cornish and Sussex coasts.