Archibald Russell (ship)

Archibald Russell under full sail
History
NameArchibald Russell
BuilderScotts Shipbuilding and Engineering Co.
Cost£20,750
Launched23 January 1905
Out of service1948
FateBroken up (1949)
General characteristics
TypeFour-masted steel barque
Tonnage2354 GRT / 2048 NRT / 3950 DWT
Length291.3 ft (88.8 m)
Beam42.8 ft (13 m)
Depth24 ft (7.3 m)
PropulsionSail

Archibald Russell was a tall ship built in 1905 by Scotts Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, Greenock, for John Hardie & Son, Glasgow. She was a four-masted steel barque, equipped with two 120' long bilge keels, and rigged with royal sails over double top-gallant sails.

The Archibald Russell sailed the world delivering a variety of cargo (including timber, grain, nitrate, and coal) to various ports in the UK, Germany, Spain, Australia, Brazil and other countries.