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Name: OCTAVIA
Type: Sailing Vessel
Launched: 1853
Completed: 10/1853
Builder: Andrew McLeod
Yard: South Shields
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 914nrt, 164.7 x 30.9 x 22.3ft
Engines: None
Engines by: n/a
Propulsion: Sail, rigged as a Ship; (1874: Barque)
Construction: Wood
Reg Number: 14726
History:
31/10/1853 Middle Dock Co, South Shields; registered at Newcastle
05/06/1854 Duncan Dunbar, London
23/12/1854 Registered at London
04/1862 Stuart & Co, London
20/10/1874 William Wright, Westoe; registered at South Shields
13/07/1879 William Cay & Partners, South Shields
09/08/1888 James Graham, Newcastle
03/07/1891 Abandoned
Comments: 06/04/1862: Duncan Dunbar died
04/1862: Cost £8,950
03/07/1891: Abandoned 400 miles W of Land's End
On a voyage from Quebec towards the Tyne