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Name: ENGLAND
Type: Sailing vessel
Launched: 1824
Completed: 08/09/1824
Builder: Thomas Metcalfe & Sons
Yard: South Shields
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 317tonsb, 94.2 x 28.0 x 16.2ft; (1833: 384tonsb, 107.7 x 28.3 x 16.2ft)
Engines: None
Engines by: n/a
Propulsion: Sail, rigged as a Snow
Construction: Wood
Reg Number:
History:
08/09/1824 Joseph Straker, South Shields, Thomas & George Metcalfe, North Shields
01/03/1825 Joseph Straker, South Shields
01/1836 Sank
Comments: 1833: Lengthened by Joseph Straker, South Shields
05/01/1836: Abandoned after becoming waterlogged
08/01/1836: Still afloat, but no further sightings
On a voyage from Quebec to Glasgow