Calburga was a spruce built vessel, iron and copper fastened, and equipped with three masts.
Calburga boasted luxuries such as a windmill pump installed in 1913 to keep free of water, a wheelhouse completely enclosing the helmsman and wheel gear, round and elliptical stems, and an exterior ornamented by hand-carved scrolling.
Nelson, Calburga ran aground on the rocks near Strumble Head, Pembrokeshire, Wales.
The crew had managed to escape in their own lifeboat and came ashore at Aberbach beach,[4] where they were welcomed by The Shipwrecked Fishermen and Mariners' Royal Benevolent Society and provided transport back to their home port in Halifax.
A model of the ship, created by David Coldwell and Glenn Buckmaster, is on display at the Maritime Museum of the Atlantic in Halifax.