Balclutha

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Balclutha is a historic 19th-century steel-hulled sailing ship preserved as a museum vessel in San Francisco.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf historic ship
museum ship
sailing ship
acquiredBy San Francisco Maritime Museum
acquisitionYear 1954
beam 12 m
38 ft
builder Charles Connell and Company
builtIn Glasgow
builtInCountry Scotland
United Kingdom
carriedCargo grain
lumber
salmon
convertedTo museum ship
currentLocation San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park
designatedAs National Historic Landmark
displacement approx. 1700 tons
filmRole portrayed HMS Bounty in Mutiny on the Bounty (1935)
functionAsMuseum interprets maritime history of the late 19th and early 20th centuries
grossTonnage 1689 GRT
hullMaterial steel
laterName Pacific Queen
Star of Alaska
launchDate 1886-12-06
launchYear 1886
lengthOverall 256 ft
78 m
mooredAt Hyde Street Pier
mooredInCity San Francisco
mooredInCountry United States
mooredInState California
museumOpeningYear 1955
nationalRegisterStatus listed on the National Register of Historic Places
NHLDesignationYear 1985
NRHPListingYear 1978
numberOfMasts 3
openToPublic true
operatedAs cargo ship
coastal freighter
movie ship
salmon packet
originalOwner Robert McMillan
owner National Park Service
partOf San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park museum fleet
portOfRegistry Glasgow
primaryConstruction riveted steel hull
primaryTradeRoutes Alaska salmon trade
Pacific Coast lumber trade
United Kingdom–San Francisco grain trade
propulsion sails
rigType three-masted full-rigged ship
shipName Balclutha
type square-rigged sailing ship
usedInFilm Mutiny on the Bounty (1935 film)

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