Name: | AJAX |
Type: | Sailing Vessel |
Launched: | 12/09/1862 |
Completed: | 1862 |
Builder: | Middle Dock Co |
Yard: | West Holborn, South Shields |
Yard Number: | |
Dimensions: | 773nrt, 150.0 x 32.5 x 22.1ft; (by 1889: 807grt, 749nrt, 149.2 x 32.5 x 21.9ft) |
Engines: | None |
Engines by: | n/a |
Propulsion: | Sail, rigged as a Ship; (1878: rigged as a Barque) |
Construction: | Wood |
Reg Number: | 45150 |
History: | |
29/09/1862 | Middle Dock Co; registered at Newcastle |
26/09/1870 | Thomas Ridley Oswald, Sunderland |
03/04/1872 | Alexander Cassels, Liverpool |
1873 | Tommesen & Son, Arendal |
1905 | Broken up |
Comments: | 29/09/1862: Owners registered as John Anthony Woods and Thomas Henderson |
who were both partners in the Middle Dock Co | |
05/02/1873: British registration cancelled | |
About 1878: Re-rigged as a Barque | |
Broken up at Mandal in about 1905 |
Above photo is copyright of the Aust-Agder Museum
Above photo is copyright of the Aust-Agder Museum