The schooner Result - title test
The steel schooner Result is a remarkable vessel which has survived from the Victorian age of shipping and shipbuilding. Completed in 1893, she was the last sailing ship to be built at Carrickfergus shipyard and the final development of a significant series of schooners designed by the yard’s famous owner, Paul Rodgers.
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Over a long working life of nearly 75 years, including naval action in the First World War, Result became one of the best known and most successful schooners in the coastal and home trades. She was widely recognised as a fast sailing and profitable vessel with graceful lines.
She continued to carry cargoes until 1967, under her owner skipper Captain Welch of Braunton in North Devon. By this date she was the last vessel of her type still working in British and Irish waters. Fitted with a diesel engine and a cut down rig, Result outlived the hundreds of schooners and other small sailing ships which were once of such importance to coastal communities.
Result was acquired by the museum in 1970 and transported from Belfast to the Cultra site in 1979. Her importance is signified by being listed in the UK Historic Ship Register of Core Collection vessels.
Photograph caption:
The steel 3-masted topsail schooner Result photographed in Carrickfergus Co Antrim in 1893. Newly completed and under the command of Captain Wright, she is ready for delivery to her owners, Ashburners of Barrow-in-Furness. Designed to be a functional yet graceful vessel, Result represented the highest technical development of the merchant schooner in Irish and British waters.
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