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Loch Long was a Scottish sailing barque that operated between Great Britain and Australia from the late 1800s until 1903. Her name was drawn from Loch Long, a saltwater lake which lies to the north of the Burgh of Helensburgh, in the region of Argyll and Bute, Scotland.

Loch Long sailed from New Caledonia on 29 April 1903, loaded with nickel ore and bound for the Clyde, but she never arrived. It was assumed that she had foundered with all hands on the Chatham Islands as wreckage was discovered washed up there shortly afterwards.

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History and description
Loch Long was built in 1876 by J & G Thomson, at their Clydebank yards near Glasgow for the General Shipping Company, more commonly known as the Loch Line. 1,280 tons

Legacy
In 1998, a stone memorial and plaque to the ship, captain and crew was placed on the shore at Kaingaroa on the Chatham Islands by Captain Strachan's grandson and his wife.