The James Craig is a three-masted, iron-hulled barque restored and sailed by the Sydney Maritime Museum.
Built in 1874 in Sunderland, England, by Bartram, Haswell, & Co., she was originally named the Clan Macleod. She was employed carrying cargo around the world, and rounded Cape Horn 23 times in 26 years. In 1900 she was acquired by Mr J J Craig, renamed the James Craig in 1905, and began to operate between New Zealand and Australia until 1911.
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The James Craig is a three-masted, iron-hulled barque restored and sailed by the Sydney Maritime Museum.
Built in 1874 in Sunderland, England, by Bartram, Haswell, & Co., she was originally named the Clan Macleod. She was employed carrying cargo around the world, and rounded Cape Horn 23 times in 26 years. In 1900 she was acquired by Mr J J Craig, renamed the James Craig in 1905, and began to operate between New Zealand and Australia until 1911.
Unable to compete profitably with freight cargo, in later years the James Craig was used as a collier. Like many other sailing ships of her vintage, she fell victim to the advance of steamships, and was first laid up, then used as a hulk, until eventually being abandoned at Recherche Bay in Tasmania. In 1932 she was sunk by fishermen who blasted a 3-metre hole in her stern.
Restoration of the James Craig began in 1972, when volunteers from the 'Lady Hopetoun and Port Jackson Marine Steam Museum' (now the Sydney Heritage Fleet) refloated her...
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