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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