Name: | BLACKFRIAR |
Type: | Sailing Vessel |
Launched: | 1848 |
Completed: | 1848 |
Builder: | |
Yard: | South Shields |
Yard Number: | |
Dimensions: | 565nrt, 125.3 x 30.3 x 20.25ft |
Engines: | None |
Engines by: | n/a |
Propulsion: | Sail, rigged as a Barque |
Construction: | Wood |
Reg Number: | 32668 |
History: | |
1848 | Unknown owner, London |
09/01/1861 | Harry Smith Edwards, South Shields |
10/12/1861 | TK Betts, G Thompson & T Harper, Newcastle |
22/07/1867 | Thomas Kemp Betts & John Kirton, Newcastle |
02/10/1870 | Abandoned |
Comments: | 02/10/1870: Abandoned, waterlogged, 1100 miles west of Brest |
On a voyage from Quebec to Grangemouth with a cargo of timber | |
Crew rescued by DAZZLER & taken to St John's, Newfoundland |