Category:Knight of the Thistle (ship, 1878)

English: 'Knight of the Thistle' was an iron fullrigged ship built in 1878 by T. Royden & Son, Liverpool. Dimensions: 232.5 × 37.7 × 22.5 ft (70.8 × 11.5 × 6.8 m) and tonnage: 1489 GRT, 1428 NRT and 1357 tons under deck. Launched at the shipyard of T. Royden & Son, Liverpool, for Greenshields, Cowie & Co., Liverpool. Assigned the official British Reg. No. 78782 and signal SLWT. Employed in the Indian jute trade. Broken up in 1928^[1]. 'Knight of the Thistle' was the sister ship to 'Knight of the Garter'.