c. 1900, Photograph, PRG 1373/12/49
The iron ship 'Marpesia', 1490 tons, when Norwegian owned. Sold to K.Bruusgaard in Norway 1906 and renamed 'Marpesia'. [According to a researcher, it is incorrect that this Marpesia was originally the 'County of Kinross'. The 'County of Kinross' was a 4M barque & was later named Marpesia, ON 78570.] Sold again 1921 in Buenos Aires and renamed "Salinera". [iron ship, 1490 tons, ON54960, 234.2 x 38.4 x 23.9. Built 1866 (4) J Reid and Co. Port Glasglow. Joseph Heap and Sons, registered Liverpool, 1882 Australasian Shipping Co. Ltd. (Gracie, Beazley and Co.) registered Liverpool. Sold 1897 to Norwegian owners without change of name. Destroyed by fire and explosion in the North Atlantic, during December 1904].