Name: | ALBION |
Type: | Sailing Vessel |
Launched: | 1816 |
Completed: | 1816 |
Builder: | John Laing |
Yard: | South Shields |
Yard Number: | |
Dimensions: | 204nrt, 78.7 x 22.3 x 14.3ft |
Engines: | None |
Engines by: | n/a |
Propulsion: | Sail, rigged as a Snow |
Construction: | Wood |
Reg Number: | 3492 |
History: | |
27/05/1816 | Russell Blackbird & Thomas Nicholson, North Shields; registered at Newcastle |
21/03/1825 | Russell Blackbird, Newcastle |
20/02/1837 | Thomas Nelson, South Shields |
16/02/1854 | Thomas Coltman, South Shields |
29/11/1854 | Mrs Barbara Coltman, South Shields |
10/06/1859 | John Bell and Joseph Emmerson, North Shields |
20/02/1861 | Edward Oliver, North Shields |
22/08/1868 | Sank |
Comments: | 29/11/1854: Thomas Coltman died |
22/08/1868: Sank off Beachy Head whilst under tow in a storm | |
On a voyage from the Tyne to Portsmouth with a cargo of coal |