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Name: VESPER
Type: Sailing Vessel
Launched: 1838
Completed: 04/1838
Builder: Thompson Smith
Yard: Willington Quay
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 290nrt, 90.5 x 23.1 x 17.0ft
Engines: None
Engines by: n/a
Propulsion: Sail, rigged as a Snow
Construction: Wood
Reg Number: 3743
History:
07/04/1838 James Brown, Jane & Elizabeth Ainsley, North Shields and John Ainsley, Newcastle
02/06/1851 Ann Brown, Jane & Elizabeth Ainsley, North Shields and John Ainsley, Newcastle
17/03/1862 George Dodds Rowell, Sunderland
05/01/1868 Wrecked
Comments: 02/06/1851: Following the death of James Brown
05/01/1868: Wrecked on Seaton Sand