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Name: NAIRNS
Type: Sailing Vessel
Launched: 11/01/1842
Completed: 02/1842
Builder: Joseph Wilkinson
Yard: St Anthony's, Newcastle
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 265nrt, 86.7 x 23.3 x 15.9ft
Engines: None
Engines by: n/a
Propulsion: Sail, rigged as a Barque
Construction: Wood
Reg Number: 24416
History:
10/02/1842 Henry & Philip Nairn, Newcastle
02/08/1852 Margaret Pears Harrison, South Shields
01/03/1858 Wrecked
Comments: Caught in an easterly gale off Whitby & ran north for shelter, but leaking badly
01/03/1858: Ran ashore on Pan Rocks, near Amble and soon broke up
On a voyage from the Tyne to Southampton with a cargo of coal