County of Peebles was built for R & J Craig by Barclay Curie & Co at Glasgow in 1875 and was the first four-masted, full-rigged ship in the British Merchant Service. The County of Peebles (Registered No.71742) was a commercially successful ship and ran reguarly to Calcutta until 1898.

County of Peebles represented an important development in sailing ship design, which allowed wind-powered ships to compete successfully on long haul routes with steamships. Some of the many voyages undertaken during its service are documented below:

Date	Departed	Destination	Journey (days)
1880	Cardiff	Bombay	83
1881	Cardiff	Aden	84
1882	Calcutta	Dundee	103
1883	Glasgow	Buenos Ayres	59
1884	Calcutta	Dundee	117
1885	Cardiff	Bombay	103
1886	Chittagong	Dundee	138
1887	Calcutta	London	130
1888	Liverpool	Calcutta	106
1889	Calcutta	Hull	154
1890	North Shields	San Francisco	138
1891	San Francisco	Le Havre	143
1892	Bassein	Falmouth	119
1893	Barry	Rangoon	98
1894	Dunkirk	Diamond Island	114
1895	Bremerhaven	Cape Borda	96
1896	Port Pirie	Hamburg	124
1897	Singapore	New York	128
1898	Calcutta	Hamburg	101

In 1898, County of Peebles was sold to the Chilean navy. Renamed Muñoz Gamero, she was used as a coal hulk at Talcanhuano and is currently deployed as a breakwater at Punta Arenas on the Strait of Magellan.