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Name: NEPTUNE'S BRIDE
Type: Sailing Vessel
Launched: 03/05/1855
Completed: 1855
Builder: James Young
Yard: South Shields
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 489nrt, 130.2 x 29.2 x 19.5ft
Engines: None
Engines by: n/a
Propulsion: Sail, rigged as a Barque
Construction: Wood
Reg Number: 2138
History:
14/06/1855 James Young, South Shields; registered at Shields
1859 Registered at South Shields
14/11/1869 Burnt
Comments: Intended for the East India trade
09/11/1869: Fire discovered in her cargo of coal
14/11/1869: Abandoned in St Sebastian's Bay, 100 miles E of Cape Town
On a voyage from the Tyne to Galle, Ceylon, with a cargo of coal


North & South Shields Gazette, Friday, 11/05/1855

Shields Daily Gazette, Monday, 22/11/1869