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Name: ARION
Type: Sailing Vessel
Launched: 1847
Completed: 1847
Builder: Luke Blumer Bushell
Yard: South Shields
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 184tonsb, 86.2 x 21.8 x 13.0ft
Engines: None
Engines by: n/a
Propulsion: Sail, rigged as a Brig
Construction: Wood
Reg Number:
History:
18/12/1847 Robert Eckless, South Shields
22/09/1852 Robert Eckless, South Shields & Thomas Eckless, Southampton
04/06/1855 Sank
Comments: 04/06/1855: Lost in a typhoon
On a voyage from Shanghai to Sydney, NSW with a cargo of tea