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Name: BRITISH HERO
Type: Sailing Vessel
Launched: 1842
Completed: 1842
Builder: Straker & Love
Yard: Howdon Dock
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 336nrt, 93.5 x 24.7 x 17.6ft
Engines: None
Engines by: n/a
Propulsion: Sail, rigged as a Barque
Construction: Wood
Reg Number: n/a
History:
22/03/1842 Henry & John Wheatley, North Shields
19/10/1844 Wrecked
Comments: Some sources have built by Elliot & Co
19/10/1844: Wrecked on the NE coast of Gotland island
On a voyage from St Petersburg towards Dundee. Insured for £3000