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Name: ALBION
Type: Sailing Vessel
Launched: 1816
Completed: 1816
Builder: John Laing
Yard: South Shields
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 204nrt, 78.7 x 22.3 x 14.3ft
Engines: None
Engines by: n/a
Propulsion: Sail, rigged as a Snow
Construction: Wood
Reg Number: 3492
History:
27/05/1816 Russell Blackbird & Thomas Nicholson, North Shields; registered at Newcastle
21/03/1825 Russell Blackbird, Newcastle
20/02/1837 Thomas Nelson, South Shields
16/02/1854 Thomas Coltman, South Shields
29/11/1854 Mrs Barbara Coltman, South Shields
10/06/1859 John Bell and Joseph Emmerson, North Shields
20/02/1861 Edward Oliver, North Shields
22/08/1868 Sank
Comments: 29/11/1854: Thomas Coltman died
22/08/1868: Sank off Beachy Head whilst under tow in a storm
On a voyage from the Tyne to Portsmouth with a cargo of coal