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Name: NEWTON
Type: Sailing Vessel
Launched: 1838
Completed: 09/1838
Builder: John Elliott
Yard: North Shore, Newcastle
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 63tonsb, 51.6 x 16.8 x 9.1ft
Engines: None
Engines by: n/a
Propulsion: Sail, rigged as a Schooner
Construction: Wood
Reg Number:
History:
24/09/1838 Newton & Joseph Clasper, Newcastle
07/01/1850 Joseph Clasper, Newcastle
26/07/1852 Sank
Comments: Other sources give builder as Archer Irwin (or Irvin)
26/07/1852: Wrecked on False Immanuel Head, Holy Island & sank in deep water
On a voyage from Thurso to Sunderland with a cargo of paving stones