Name: | ALBION |
Type: | Sailing Vessel |
Launched: | 14/07/1828 |
Completed: | 1828 |
Builder: | A & R Hopper |
Yard: | North Shore, Newcastle |
Yard Number: | |
Dimensions: | 178tonsb, 82.0 x 22.2 x ?ft |
Engines: | None |
Engines by: | n/a |
Propulsion: | Sail, rigged as a Snow; (Later: Barque) |
Construction: | Wood |
Reg Number: | |
History: | |
11/04/1828 | John Brighton & James Burrell, Newcastle and Robert Gordon, London |
21/05/1833 | Unknown owner, London |
by 1850 | Aubert & Co, London |
05/04/1850 | Sank |
Comments: | Specially built for trading between London & Leghorn |
05/04/1850: Sank in the Straits of Gibraltar | |
On a voyage from Gibraltar to Cadiz |
Tyne Mercury, Tuesday, 15/07/1828