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Name: SPEEDWELL
Type: Sailing Vessel
Launched: 13/04/1831
Completed: 13/04/1831
Builder: Cuthbert Young & Son
Yard: South Shields
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 190tonsb, 77.6 x 24.2 x ?ft
Engines: None
Engines by: n/a
Propulsion: Sail, rigged as a Brig
Construction: Wood
Reg Number:
History:
09/04/1831 Cuthbert Young, South Shields & Thomas Young, North Shields
04/02/1836 Wrecked
Comments: 13/04/1831: Sailed on her maiden voyage 2 hours after being launched
04/02/1836: Wrecked on the Barnard Sand near Lowestoft
On a voyage from the Tyne to Bordeau with a cargo of coal