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Name: KITE
Type: Sailing Vessel
Launched: 06/1837
Completed: 08/1837
Builder: T & W Smith
Yard: St Peter's, Newcastle
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 281nrt, 92.5 x 23.1 x 16.4ft
Engines: None
Engines by: n/a
Propulsion: Sail, rigged as a Snow
Construction: Wood
Reg Number:
History:
19/08/1837 Thomas & William Smith, Newcastle
15/09/1840 Wrecked
Comments: 1840: Taken up and armed by the Admiralty at Madras
15/09/1840: Wrecked off the island of Ningpo, China