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Name: ALEXANDER
Type: Sailing Vessel
Launched: 1845
Completed: 01/1846
Builder: Alexander Scott
Yard: Newcastle
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 282nrt, 91.2 x 23.4 x 16.0ft
Engines: None
Engines by: n/a
Propulsion: Sail, rigged as a Snow; (Later: Brig)
Construction: Wood
Reg Number: 22602
History:
01/01/1846 Alexander Scott, North Shields; registered at Shields
15/03/1852 Robert Thompson Snr & Jnr, John & Joseph Lowe Thompson, Sunderland
19/04/1852 John Watt, Westoe, South Shields
27/01/1860 Sank
Comments: 27/01/1860: Foundered 120 miles SW of Brest
On a voyage from Shields with a cargo of coal