The John Ena

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The John Ena
The Beautiful John Ena.  A genuine, hard working Cape Horner.  This family owned ship lived a full and profitable life earning a place of affection in the hearts of lovers of square-rigged ships.

A four-masted steel barque built in 1892 by R. Duncan & Co., Port Glasgow. Dimensions: 95,31×14,65×7,62 meters [312'9"×48'1"×25'0"] and tonnage: 2842 GRT and 2568 NRT. Rigged with royal sails over double top and topgallant sails. Equipped with a triangular mainsail.
Her History
 An interesting fact concerning the John Ena was that she was the first large sailing ship to pass through the Panama Canal on January 15th 1915.  There is a nice coloured photo of her doing so here: http://www.btinternet.com/~clive.fennessy/fen13.html 
1892: Launched at the shipyard of R. Duncan & Co., Port Galsgow, for San Francisco Shipping Co., Honolulu.
 1907: Sold to A.O. Lorentzen, San Francisco.
1915: Sold to Rolph Navigation & Coal Co., San Francisco.
1916: Sold to Standard Oil Co., San Francisco.
1919: Sold to Robert Dollar Co., San Francisco.
1921: Sold to J. Boots, San Francisco.
1925: Sold to A.F. Mahony, San Francisco.
1926: Dis-masted during towage.
1934: Broken up at San Pedro, CA.