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Name: WHITLEY PARK
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 05/12/1854
Completed: 01/1855
Builder: Palmer Bros & Co
Yard: Jarrow
Yard Number: 26
Dimensions: 536grt, 431nrt, 164.0 x 26.7 x 15.5ft
Engines: Steam
Engines by:
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 25218
History:
01/1855 Palmer Bros & Co, Newcastle
09/1856 Sank
Comments: 09/1856: Thought to have sunk in the Channel in a gale
On a voyage from the Tyne to Le Havre with a cargo of coal
Exact date of loss not known, but was first reported 02/09/1856