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Name: ONYX
Type: Sailing vessel
Launched: 06/1831
Completed: 1831
Builder: John Witherby & Alexander Ihler
Yard: South Shields
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 278tonsb, 91.2 x 26.8 x 5.9ft
Engines: None
Engines by: n/a
Propulsion: Sail, rigged as a Snow
Construction: Wood
Reg Number:
History:
14/07/1831 Richard Hansell Bell, South Shields; registered at Newcastle
12/11/1847 George Gray, Newcastle & Nicholas Gray, South Shields
13/05/1850 John Smith, Monkwearmouth & Nicholas Gray, South Shields
03/10/1850 John Smith, Monkwearmouth
25/10/1850 William George Spear, Newcastle
31/07/1851 Unknown owner; registered at London
No later history known
Comments: Built in Fairless' Dock