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Name: AMPHITRITE
Type: Sailing Vessel
Launched: 1776
Completed: 1776
Builder: Francis Hurry & Co, North Shields
Yard: North Shields
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 314grt, 103.6 x 27.0 x 16.6ft
Engines: None
Engines by: n/a
Propulsion: Sail, rigged as a Snow; (1880: rigged as a Brig)
Construction: Wood
Reg Number: 2201
History:
1776 Unknown
12/10/1786 Shallett Dale, Thomas Allen, William Addison et al, Newcastle
19/07/1802 Shallett Dale, Arthur Donkin, Francis & Thomas Hurry et al, North Shields
09/03/1805 Joseph & Mary Elder, North Shields and William Linskill, Tynemouth
20/03/1848 Robert, John & Charles Laing, North Shields
03/06/1862 William Davison, North Shields
14/05/1872 James Young, South Shields
12/12/1884 Hugh Andrews, Swarland
11/11/1891 Sank
Comments: 1802: New bottom, decks & upperworks
1807: New bottom & damage repairs
1820: Thoroughly repaired at Howdon Dock
1884: Hugh Andrews was one of the principals of the Broomhill Coal Co
1885: Leased to Joseph Leask & Co, Lerwick as a coal hulk
11/11/1891: Wrecked off Portland