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Name: BLACKETT & RIDLEY
Type: Sailing Vessel
Launched: 1784
Completed: 1784
Builder:
Yard: Newcastle
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 150tonsb, 77.0 x 22.1 x ?ft
Engines: None
Engines by: n/a
Propulsion: Sail, rigged as a Brigantine; (1798: Brig); (1827: Snow)
Construction: Wood
Reg Number: n/a
History:
1784 Unknown owner
18/08/1787 P Sisson, H Shadforth Sen & J Peacock, Newcastle
21/04/1798 W Huddock, Sunderland & J Booth, Monkwearmouth
16/08/1811 Robert Smith, South Shields
24/03/1827 John Smith, South Shields
12/10/1831 Edward Kent Fairles, South Shields
22/05/1832 Thomas Metcalfe Sen, North Shields & George Metcalfe, South Shields
03/07/1846 Richard Wilson, Newcastle
12/08/1847 John Ayton, Newcastle
13/03/1848 David Hall, Newcastle
10/04/1850 Richard Nelson, Newcastle
27/11/1857 Thomas Ormston, Newcastle
10/01/1852 Sank
Comments: 17/11/1834: Ashore on Swinebottoms, Sweden. Assisted off
27/10/1845: Ashore on Barber Sand & off without assistance
07/10/1849: Lost canvas in a gale & came ashore at Bridlington
15/10/1849: Towed off by a steamboat
10/01/1852: Foundered during a gale in the North Sea. Crew saved