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Name: WRIGHTS
Type: Sailing Vessel
Launched: 10/01/1849
Completed: 01/1849
Builder: Thomas Hills & Robert Fulton
Yard: North Shore, Newcastle
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 255nrt, 92.5 x 22.5 x 16.0ft
Engines: None
Engines by: n/a
Propulsion: Sail, rigged as a Brig
Construction: Wood
Reg Number: 26911
History:
22/01/1849 Robert Wright, Newcastle
19/04/1858 Robert Wright, South Shields
11/08/1859 William Wright, South Shields; registered at South Shields
21/09/1866 William Chambers, Blyth; registered at North Shields
07/07/1867 Margaret Chambers, Blyth
1874 Unknown owner, Overseas
No later history known
Comments: 13/07/1866: William Wright died
07/07/1867: William Chambers had died
24/10/1874: British Register closed as "Sold to foreigners"