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Name: DAWN
Type: Sailing Vessel
Launched: 05/08/1847
Completed: 08/1847
Builder: Thomas Forsyth
Yard: South Shields
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 278nrt, 92.8 x 23.0 x 16.0ft
Engines: None
Engines by: n/a
Propulsion: Sail, rigged as a Brig
Construction: Wood
Reg Number: 22637
History:
25/08/1847 Thomas Forsyth, South Shields
21/02/1859 Thomas Durham Usher & Mary Usher, South Shields
12/01/1862 Thomas Durham Usher, South Shields
20/11/1866 Lost
Comments: 12/01/1862: Mary Usher died
21/11/1866: Lost near Wyborg, Gulf of Finland
On a voyage from Cronstadt to London with a cargo of deals


Durham County Advertiser, Friday, 20/08/1847