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Name: WALKER LASS
Type: Sailing Vessel
Launched: 1818
Completed: 1818
Builder:
Yard: Walker Quay
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 29tonsb, 46.6 x 16.5 x 5.8ft; (1833: 64tonsb, 48.1 x 18.4 x ?ft)
Engines: None
Engines by: n/a
Propulsion: Sail, rigged as a Sloop
Construction: Wood
Reg Number: 23620
History:
1818 Unknown owner
29/06/1833 Joseph Mordue, Wallsend
27/08/1851 William Wallace, Monkwearmouth
16/02/1853 Edward Middis, Monkwearmouth
18xx Henry Powell, Monkwearmouth
06/10/1862 Stranded
Comments: 1833: Lengthened by Charles Smith & Sons
06/10/1862: Stranded at Redcar after a sudden change of wind
On a voyage from Skinningrove to the Tyne with a cargo of ironstone


Newcastle Journal, Saturday, 18/10/1862