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Name: BRITISH QUEEN
Type: Sailing Vessel
Launched: 1841
Completed: 1841
Builder: Thomas Young & Sons
Yard: South Shields
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 300nrt, 92.7 x 23.7 x 16.6ft
Engines: None
Engines by: n/a
Propulsion: Sail, rigged as a Barque
Construction: Wood
Reg Number: 2494
History:
06/02/1841 Thomas Coxon, North Shields and Edward N Grace, Byker Hill
13/08/1852 Robert Thompson & Sons, Sunderland
28/05/1853 Henry, William & John Eggleston, Monkwearmouth
18/09/1856 William Minto, North Shields
29/06/1862 Lost
Comments: Different reports as to her fate
29/06/1862: Lost near Adra according to Custom House Register
07/1862: Towed into Adra in sinking state, according to press report
On a voyage from Girenti to Falmouth with a cargo of sulphur