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Name: THOMAS YOUNG
Type: Sailing Vessel
Launched: 25/08/1838
Completed: 09/1838
Builder: C Young & Sons
Yard: South Shields
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 264nrt, 91.0 x 23.2 x 16.2ft
Engines: None
Engines by: n/a
Propulsion: Sail, rigged as a Snow; (Later: Brig)
Construction: Wood
Reg Number: 2280
History:
22/09/1838 Thomas Young, North Shields
24/04/1843 Mary Young, North Shields
12/09/1848 Registered at Shields
25/02/1862 Wrecked
Comments: 24/04/1843: Following the death of Thomas Young
25/02/1861: Got onto rocks while entering Ferrol from the Tyne
Subsequently refloated, but in a leaky condition
25/02/1862: Wrecked on Amrum Island, northern Germany
On a voyage from Shields to Hamburg with a cargo of coal