THIS HALF-BLOCK MODEL REPRESENTS ONE OF THE EARLY VESSELS OF THE FAMOUS SHIRE LINE. DESIGNATED AS A MEDIUM CLIPPER, THE FULL RIGGED-SHIP ARGYLSHIRE [185.8’LOA x 31.2’D x 18.4’D] WAS BUILT OF IRON AT THE YARD OF THOMAS LAW & CO. IN 1870.

UNDER THE COMMAND OF CAPTAIN JOHN PEATTIE, SHE WAS USED IN THE AUSTRALIAN IMMIGRANT TRADE, MAKING YEARLY RUNS FROM GLASGOW TO QUEENSLAND, WESTERN AUSTRALIA. SHE WAS LOST ON FLAT JASON ISLAND NEAR AUSTRALIA IN JULY OF 1893.