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Name: GEORGE METCALFE
Type: Saling vessel
Launched: 25/08/1846
Completed: 1846
Builder: Thomas Metcalfe & Son
Yard: Jarrow
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 413tons, 105.9 x 20.4 x 18.6ft
Engines: None
Engines by: n/a
Propulsion: Sail, rigged as a Barque
Construction: Wood
Reg Number: 15997
History:
30/09/1846 Thomas & George Metcalfe, West Boldon & North Shields
01/02/1850 George Metcalfe, North Shields & William Brown, Tynemouth
30/04/1851 George Metcalfe, North Shields & Thomas Metcalfe Jnr, West Boldon
24/04/1859 Thomas Metcalfe Jnr, West Boldon
23/06/1860 CD Barker & H Milvain, Newcastle and R Bell, South Shields & J Fawcus, North Shields
01/11/1861 Wrecked
Comments: 01/11/1861: Register closed as "wrecked in the Black Sea 1859"