Falls of Clyde (ship)

Falls of Clyde

Falls of Clyde at Honolulu in 2008
History
Name	Falls of Clyde
Namesake	Falls of Clyde, Lanarkshire
Port of registry	1879: Glasgow 1898: Honolulu 1907: San Francisco 1968: Honolulu
Builder	Russell & Co, Port Glasgow
Yard number	17
Launched	12 December 1878
Completed	13 February 1879
Identification	IMO number: 8640313
Status	Museum ship
General characteristics
Type	Iron-hulled sailing ship
Tonnage	1,807 GRT, 1,741 NRT
Length	266.1 ft (81.1 m)
Beam	40.0 ft (12.2 m)
Depth	23.5 ft (7.2 m)
Sail plan	4-masted full-rig
Notes	Figurehead: a maiden
Falls of Clyde (Four-masted oil tanker)
Formerly listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. National Historic Landmark
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Location	Pier 7, Honolulu Harbor, Hawaii
Coordinates	21°18′20.5″N 157°51′54″W / 21.305694°N 157.86500°W / 21.305694; -157.86500
Built	1878
Architect	William Lithgow
NRHP reference No.	73000659[1]
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	2 July 1973
Designated NHL	11 April 1989
Removed from NRHP	2 February 2024

Falls of Clyde is the last surviving iron-hulled, four-masted full-rigged ship, and the only remaining sail-driven oil tanker. Designated a U.S. National Historic Landmark in 1989, she is now a museum ship in Honolulu, but her condition has deteriorated. She is currently not open to the public. In September 2008, ownership was transferred to a new nonprofit organization, the Friends of Falls of Clyde. Efforts to raise $1.5 million to get the ship into drydock did not succeed. In November 2021 HDOT accepted a bid from Save Falls of Clyde – International (FOCI) to transport the ship to Scotland for restoration.