Marlborough (1876 ship)

The Marlborough in Port Chalmers
History
United Kingdom
Name	Marlborough
Owner	John Leslie, 79 Mark Lane, London
Builder	Robert Duncan and Co., Port Glasgow
Yard number	73,858
Launched	June 1876
Homeport	Glasgow
Fate	Last sighted 13 January 1890, near New Zealand
General characteristics
Type	Full-rigged ship
Tonnage	1191 gross, 1124 net[1]
Length	228 ft (69 m)
Beam	35 ft (11 m)
Draught	21 ft 7 in (6.58 m)
Sail plan	Three-masted full-rigged ship
Crew	29

Marlborough was an iron-built two-decked merchant sailing ship which disappeared in 1890. She was built by the firm of Robert Duncan and Co., Port Glasgow and launched in 1876. First managed by James Galbraith for the Albion Shipping Company, she was registered in 1880 to the ownership of John Leslie of London, while continuing to operate within the fleet of Albion Line. Marlborough disappeared during a voyage in January 1890, and has not been seen or heard from in over a century. Searches and investigations have yielded nothing conclusive, and the ship's ultimate fate, and that of her crew, remains unknown.