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Name: STAR
Type: Sailing Vessel
Launched: 1855
Completed: 10/1855
Builder: Andrew Leslie & Co
Yard: Hebburn
Yard Number: 2
Dimensions: 209nrt, 93.3 x 23.2 x 13.1ft
Engines: None
Engines by: n/a
Propulsion: Sail, rigged as a Brig
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 25366
History:
24/10/1855 Rogerson & Co, Newcastle; registered at London
by 1859 Registered at Newcastle
15/01/1859 Wrecked
Comments: 15/01/1859: Caught by a gale, whilst at anchor at St George's Bay, Beyrout
She was driven ashore & wrecked