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Name: ORIENT
Type: Sailing Vessel
Launched: 16/05/1854
Completed: 06/1854
Builder: Andrew McLeod
Yard: South Shields
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 250nrt, 105.0 x 21.5 x 15.0ft
Engines: None
Engines by: n/a
Propulsion: Sail, rigged as a Barque
Construction: Wood
Reg Number: 14578
History:
03/06/1854 Middle Dock Co, South Shields; registered at Newcastle
17/11/1863 Unknown owner, Overseas
No later history known
Comments: Andrew McLeod was a partner in the Middle Dock Co


Newcastle Journal, Saturday, 20/05/1854