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Name: PERCY
Type: Sailing vessel
Launched: 1872
Completed: 12/1872
Builder: Gaddy & Lamb
Yard: Tyne Main, Gateshead
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 58nrt, 60.1 x 17.7 x 8.1ft
Engines: None
Engines by: n/a
Propulsion: Sail, rigged as a Schooner
Construction: Wood
Reg Number: 67331
History:
13/12/1872 Duncan Livingston McAllum & William Fenwick McAllum, Newcastle
30/08/1876 Matthew Pearson & Thomas Temple, South Shields
29/01/1879 Matthew Pearson & Thomas Temple, South Shields and Thomas Watson, Newcastle
13/10/1879 Matthew Pearson & Thomas Temple, South Shields
06/04/1876 William Patterson appointed as manager
10/08/1883 Wrecked
Comments: 10/08/1883: Wrecked at Huna, east of John O'Groats
On a voyage from Runcorn to Fraserburgh with a cargo of salt


John o' Groat Journal, Thursday, 16/08/1883