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Name: THOBURN
Type: Sailing vessel
Launched: 1838
Completed: 1838
Builder: Thomas Metcalf & Son
Yard: Jarrow
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 287tonsb, 89.5 x 23.4 x 16.5ft
Engines: None
Engines by: n/a
Propulsion: Sail, rigged as a Snow
Construction: Wood
Reg Number:
History:
07/08/1838 George Johnson & Charles Pearson, North Shields and James Thorburn, Blyth
14/09/1848 George Johnson & Charles Pearson, North Shields
22/11/1853 George Thompson, Charles Pearson & Robert Brown, South Shields
10/09/1854 Sank
Comments: 10/09/1854: Foundered in the Atlantic
All the crew were saved