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Name: SPRING
Type: Sailing Vessel
Launched: 1801
Completed: 04/1801
Builder: John Miller
Yard: South Shields
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 238tonsb, 84.7 x 26.2 x ?ft; (1804: 295tonsb, 100.3 x 26.3 x ?ft)
Engines: None
Engines by: n/a
Propulsion: Sail, rigged as a Brigantine
Construction: Wood
Reg Number: 24406
History:
24/04/1801 John Smith, South Shields
07/10/1833 Ann Oliver, South Shields
19/02/1846 Denis & William Hill, North Shields
27/07/1846 Denis Hill, North Shields
07/11/1856 Wrecked
Comments: 1804: Lengthened by Nicholas Fairles at South Shields
07/11/1856: Wrecked on the Scharhorn Reef at the entrance to the River Elbe
On a voyage from Middlesbrough towards Altona with a cargo of railway iron