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Name: WELLINGTON
Type: Sailing Vessel
Launched: 19/12/1854
Completed: 1855
Builder: Laing Brothers
Yard: North Shields
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 394grt, 120.7 x 26.5 x 17.9ft
Engines: None
Engines by: n/a
Propulsion: Sail, rigged as a Barque
Construction: Wood
Reg Number: 14740
History:
15/01/1855 James & John Wait, North Shields and John Rhind, London; registered at Shields
by 1875 Registered at North Shields
23/11/1875 Wrecked
Comments: 23/11/1875: Wrecked on East Beach, Gibraltar
On a voyage from Alexandria to Falmouth with a cargo of molasses


The Newcastle Courant, Friday, 22/12/1854

Shields Daily News, Thursday, 09/12/1875