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Name: MARTLET
Type: Sailing Vessel
Launched: 12/04/1866
Completed: 04/1866
Builder: Thomas Metcalfe & Sons
Yard: South Shields
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 227grt, 107.6 x 24.7 x 14.0ft
Engines: None
Engines by: n/a
Propulsion: Sail, rigged as a Brig
Construction: Wood
Reg Number: 51392
History:
27/04/1866 Thomas Hood Henderson & John Anthony Woods, Newcastle
19/04/1870 Middle Dock Co, South Shields
12/08/1870 Wrecked
Comments: 19/04/1870: The Middle Dock Co was owned by William George Woods,
Thomas Henderson & George Edward Henderson, Newcastle
12/08/1870: Wrecked at Port Elizabeth, Cape of Good Hope Colony
On a voyage from London to Port Elizabeth carrying general cargo