Name: | ASIATIC |
Type: | Sailing Vessel |
Launched: | 01/1852 |
Completed: | 01/1852 |
Builder: | Andrew McLeod |
Yard: | South Shields |
Yard Number: | |
Dimensions: | 954nrt, 149.7 x 30.8 x 22.5ft |
Engines: | None |
Engines by: | n/a |
Propulsion: | Sail, rigged as a Ship |
Construction: | Wood |
Reg Number: | |
History: | |
27/01/1852 | Middle Dock Co (TH Henderson, JA Woods & A McLeod), Newcastle |
02/11/1853 | Sword & Co, Greenock; registered at Glasgow |
18/06/1861 | Sank |
Comments: | 18/06/1861: Foundered in a gale in Algoa Bay off South Africa at 34.44S - 25.25E |
On a voyage from Akyab to Falmouth with a cargo of rice etc |
Greenock Advertiser, Saturday, 31/08/1861