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Name: ALACRITY
Type: Sailing Vessel
Launched: 1813
Completed: 1813
Builder: William Smith & Co
Yard: St Peter's
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 269tonsb, 94.2 x 26.0 x ?ft
Engines: None
Engines by: n/a
Propulsion: Sail, rigged as a Brigantine; (later: rigged as a Barque)
Construction: Wood
Reg Number:
History:
31/07/1813 Thomas, Thomas Jnr & William Smith, Newcastle
04/07/1814 Registered at London
18/08/1829 Enoch Donkerly Thompson & James Tate, South Shields and John Dickinson, Newcastle
15/01/1830 Wrecked
Comments: 15/01/1830: Wrecked on Yarmouth Beach