Name: | RISING SUN |
Type: | Sailing Vessel |
Launched: | 1814 |
Completed: | 10/1814 |
Builder: | John Stephenson |
Yard: | Newcastle |
Yard Number: | |
Dimensions: | 101.1 x 26.5 x ?ft |
Engines: | None |
Engines by: | n/a |
Propulsion: | Sail, rigged as a Barque; (originally: Snow) |
Construction: | Wood |
Reg Number: | |
History: | |
24/10/1814 | John Foster, John Stevenson, Thomas Smith & John Dewar, Newcastle; |
also Joshua Foster, Gateshead | |
06/10/1836 | Lost |
Comments: | Originally built to smaller dimensions & rigged as a Snow |
1830: Lengthened at St Peter's to above dimensions | |
06/10/1836: Lost in the St Lawrence River |