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Name: THOMAS FORREST also seen as THOMAS FOREST
Type: Sailing Vessel
Launched: 03/09/1849
Completed: 10/1849
Builder: Thomas Forsyth
Yard: South Shields
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 297nrt, 96.3 x 24.1 x 16.6ft
Engines: None
Engines by: n/a
Propulsion: Sail, rigged as a Barque
Construction: Wood
Reg Number: 25694
History:
27/10/1849 Thomas & Thomas Jnr Forsyth, South Shields; registered at Newcastle
03/03/1859 Charles Thomas Mitcheson & Nicholas Natrass, Sunderland; registered at Sunderland
04/09/1864 Mary Mitcheson & Nicholas Natrass, Sunderland
16/03/1868 Sank
Comments: Capacity 22 keels of coal on a draught of 15.0ft
13/01/1856: Sank near the Kentish Knock. Subsequently refloated & repaired
04/09/1864: Charles Thomas Mitcheson died
16/03/1868: Foundered off Flamborough Head after springing a leak
On a voyage from Sunderland with a cargo of coal