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Name: HELEN
Type: Sailing Vessel
Launched: 05/1854
Completed: 1854
Builder: Gaddy & Walker
Yard: Tyne Main, Gateshead
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 130nrt
Engines: None
Engines by: n/a
Propulsion: Sail, rigged as a schooner
Construction: Wood
Reg Number:
History:
1854 Unknown owner
11/09/1858 Wrecked
Comments: Built for the Cape of Good Hope coasting trade
11/09/1858: Wrecked on the bar of the River Knysna
On a voyage to Cape Town with a cargo of timber
May have been owned by her Master J Burstal