Wavertree.

The 'Wavertree' docked at, and part of the South Street Seaport Museum, was built at Southampton, England, in 1885 for R.W. Leyland & Company of Liverpool. It is one of the last large wrought-iron sailing ships built. Today, she is the largest afloat. Wavertree first carried jute, used in making rope and burlap bags, between eastern India (now Bangladesh) and Scotland. By 1887, she entered the tramp trades, taking cargoes anywhere she could find them. In 1910, her owners sold her for use as a floating warehouse at Punta Arenas, Chile. She was converted into a sand barge at Buenos Aires, Argentina, in 1947, and acquired by the South Street Seaport Museum in 1968. She is a fully rigged iron ship with a length of 279 feet and a breadth of 40 feet, two inches. She sailed with a crew of three officers and 21 men.