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Name |
Official number |
Flag |
IMO |
WILLIAM MITCHELL |
12591 |
GBR |
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Year built |
Date launched |
Date completed |
1856 |
05/05/1856 |
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Vessel type |
Vessel description
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Cargo General
| Wood Sailing Vessel Ship |
Builder |
Yard |
Yard no |
J Johnson & Sons, Stirling |
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Tonnage |
Length |
Breadth |
Depth |
Draft |
/ 611 nrt / 1000 bm, c900 dwt |
161.0 ft |
28.0 ft |
17.6 ft |
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Engine builder |
, |
Engine detail |
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First owner |
First port of register |
Registration date |
William Thomson & Co, Leith |
Alloa |
03/06/1856 |
Other names |
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Subsequent owner and registration history |
1857 reg Leith 4/1872 J N Rankin & Co, Bishopwearmouth, Sunderland - reg Sunderland |
Vessel history |
For China trade Rigged and outfitted at Leith 1872 re-rigged as a barque |
Remarks |
180ft loa, 150ft keel |
End year |
Fate / Status |
1872 |
Stranded 18/08/1872 |
Disposal Detail |
Stranded near Duncansby Head on passage Quebec for West Hartlepool with deals, and broke in two; crew saved. Some cargo discharged. |
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