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Name: GRATITUDE
Type: Sailing Vessel
Launched: 1840
Completed: 1840
Builder: James Young & Co
Yard: South Shields
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 255nrt, 88.9 x 22.1 x 15.8ft
Engines: None
Engines by: n/a
Propulsion: Sail, rigged as a Snow; (1864: rigged as a Brig)
Construction: Wood
Reg Number: 26073
History:
13/06/1840 James Young & Co, South Shields
23/12/1840 James Sinclair, Thomas Forrest & William Forrest Jnr, South Shields
11/09/1847 Thomas & William Forrest, South Shields
07/01/1864 Jane & William Forrest, South Shields
05/05/1864 Jane & William Forrest, South Shields and Thomas Dunford & John Elliott, Newcastle
06/06/1865 Missing
Comments: 1847: James Sinclair died
1863: Thomas Forrest died
06/06/1865: Last seen on a voyage from the Tyne to Cronstadt
Subsequently reported missing