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Name: UNION
Type: Sailing Vessel
Launched: 1800
Completed: 05/1800
Builder: Richard Bulmer & Co
Yard: South Shields
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 178tonsb, 80.6 x 23.1 x ?ft
Engines: None
Engines by: n/a
Propulsion: Sail, rigged as a Brigantine
Construction: Wood
Reg Number: n/a
History:
05/05/1800 Richard & Joseph Bulmer, South Shields
13/02/1813 Robert Watson, Wallsend; Richard Cowley, Willington Quay & Charles Pearson, Howdon
23/02/1820 Ralph Watson, Newcastle & William Havelock, Byker
21/02/1829 William Pearson, Howdon
19/03/1831 George Guildford, North Shields
04/04/1843 Henry Brown Jnr, North Shields
01/01/1848 Sank
Comments: 1821: Repaired by Robert Hudson at Howdon
16/06/1842: Auctioned as a result of Guildford's bankruptcy
01/01/1848: In collision off Flamborough Head & subsequently foundered