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Name: ARTHUR GORDON
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 11/07/1853
Completed: 1853
Builder: TD Marshall
Yard: South Shields
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 382grt, 267nrt, 177.8 x 19.4 x 13.2ft; (1857: 424grt, 289nrt, 182.0 x 20.0 x 12.0ft)
Engines: 80hp; (1857: 100nhp)
Engines by: TD Marshall, South Shields
Propulsion: 1 x Screw; (Later: Sail, rigged as a Schooner)
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 24693
History:
1853 Henry W Schneider, London
22/06/1855 Registered at London
1858 James Fisher, Barrow; registered at Lancaster
06/03/1860 Sank
Comments: MNL has built in 1854
1858: Converted to a sailing vessel
06/03/1860: Sank after a collision with INDEPENDENCE off West Hoyle, Flintshire
On a voyage from Barrow to Briton Ferry with a cargo of iron ore


Newcastle Guardian & Tyne Mercury, Saturday, 16/07/1853

Liverpool Daily Post, Wednesday, 07/03/1860