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Name: BEVERLEY
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 14/09/1868
Completed: 10/1868
Builder: Andrew Leslie & Co
Yard: Hebburn
Yard Number: 104
Dimensions: 406grt, 253nrt, 171.0 x 28.0 x 10.6ft; (1871: 625grt, 475nrt)
Engines: 2cyl, 50nhp
Engines by:
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 60500
History:
05/10/1868 GA Laws, North Shields; registered at North Shields
1868 Edward Jordan Hough, North Shields; registered at Grimsby
1872 Registered at London
1873 Robert Strahan, Liverpool
1875 Edward Jordan Hough, London
20/02/1877 Wrecked
Comments: 1871: Tonnage recalculated due to addition of a hurricane deck
1875: Ownership taken back due to non-payment
20/02/1877: Caught in a gale with insufficient ballast & forced to anchor north of Biarritz
Beached 10 miles north of Biarritz after the anchor chains broke
Wreck subsequently sold "as she lay"