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Name: APHRODITE
Type: Sailing Vessel
Launched: 1850
Completed: 1850
Builder: William Cunningham
Yard: St Lawrence
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 289nrt, 96.0 x 26.8 x 17.7ft
Engines: None
Engines by: n/a
Propulsion: Sail, rigged as a Snow
Construction: Wood
Reg Number: 12366
History:
24/04/1850 Mark Thompson, Newcastle; registered at Newcastle
18/12/1875 Wrecked
Comments: 18/12/1875: Wrecked on the Sheepwash Sands
On a voyage from Granton to London with 480tons of coal