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Name: FORSYTH
Type: Sailing Vessel
Launched: 07/10/1839
Completed: 10/1839
Builder: Thomas Forsyth
Yard: South Shields
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 239nrt, 93.2 x 25.7 x 15.4ft
Engines: None
Engines by: n/a
Propulsion: Sail, rigged as a Brig
Construction: Wood
Reg Number: 20420
History:
16/10/1839 Thomas Forsyth & Ralph Middlemas, South Shields
21/10/1840 Thomas Forsyth, South Shields
17/02/1859 Thomas Gallon, South Shields
17/02/1859 William Wright, Robert Wilson & Robert Swinburne Crosthwaite, South Shields
15/03/1867 Joseph & Robert Wilson and Robert Swinburne Crosthwaite, South Shields
18/10/1867 Wrecked
Comments: 06/12/1865: Robert Wilson died
13/07/1866: William Wright died
15/03/1867: Joseph Wilson acquired William Wright's 32/64th share for £420
18/10/1867: Wrecked on Stoneskar Island, Gulf of Finland