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Name: ALGERNON
Type: Sailing Vessel
Launched: 02/04/1859
Completed: 04/1859
Builder: Laing Brothers
Yard: North Shields
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 466nrt, 132.2 x 27.6 x 18.4ft
Engines: None
Engines by: n/a
Propulsion: Sail, rigged as a Barque
Construction: Wood
Reg Number: 27356
History:
19/04/1859 Robert & Charles Laing, North Shields; registered at Shields
1863 Unknown owner; registered at London
by 1866 William Richardson, London
1867 Henry Browse Jnr, London
28/08/1870 Stranded
Comments: 25/05/1863: Robert Laing died
28/08/1870: Stranded at Neuchwang, China
On a voyage from Shanghai to Neuchwang


North & South Shields Gazette, Thursday, 07/04/1859