Dundonald (ship)

History
United Kingdom
NameDundonald
OwnerKerr, Newton & Calder Co., Glasgow
BuilderWorkman, Clark & Co. Ltd., Belfast
Launched1891
FateWrecked and sunk, 7 March 1907
General characteristics
TypeBarque
Tonnage2,205 GRT
Length284 ft 2 in (86.61 m)
Beam42 ft (13 m)
Depth24 ft 4 in (7.42 m)
Sail planFull-rigged ship
Crew28

Dundonald was a British four-masted steel barque measuring 2,205 gross register tons launched in Belfast in 1891. It was involved in a wreck in 1907 in the New Zealand Subantarctic Islands. Only 15 of its 28 crew survived; they were rescued seven months later by a scientific expedition.