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Name: EDGAR ATHELING
Type: Sailing Vessel
Launched: 06/02/1856
Completed: 02/1856
Builder: Thomas Young & Sons
Yard: South Shields
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 509nrt, 137.5 x 28.3 x 18.7ft
Engines: None
Engines by: n/a
Propulsion: Sail, rigged as a Barque
Construction: Wood
Reg Number: 12369
History:
22/02/1856 Mary Young & Emmanuel Young, North Shields
29/05/1860 Sank
Comments: Built for the Indian trade but also traded to Australia
29/05/1860: Foundered off Yarmouth
On a voyage from Shields to Aden with a cargo of coal


Newcastle Daily Chronicle, Saturday, 02/06/1860