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 |