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Name: ASPHALON
Type: Sailing Vessel
Launched: 1844
Completed: 1844
Builder: Walker Esson & Co
Yard: East Jarrow
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 368nrt, 96.4 x 24.6 x 18.3ft
Engines: None
Engines by: n/a
Propulsion: Sail, rigged as a Barque
Construction: Wood
Reg Number: 2277
History:
08/01/1845 John Dale, North Shields; registered at Shields
16/07/1857 Stephen Lister, Sunderland; registered at Sunderland
02/08/1862 Wrecked
Comments: 02/08/1862: Stranded in the Baltic
Later refloated and taken into Stockholm
Declared a total loss she was sold for the benefit of the underwriters