Name: | BLESSING |
Type: | Sailing Vessel |
Launched: | 1788 |
Completed: | 1788 |
Builder: | Thomas Hearn |
Yard: | North Shields |
Yard Number: | |
Dimensions: | 342nrt, 103.5 x 28.3 x 18.8ft |
Engines: | None |
Engines by: | n/a |
Propulsion: | Sail, rigged as a Barque |
Construction: | Wood |
Reg Number: | n/a |
History: | |
05/09/1788 | James Storey, North Shields; registered at Newcastle |
17/03/1789 | William Clark & William Clark Jnr, North Shields |
19/11/1800 | W Clark & W Clark Jnr, North Shields and Francis Hurry, Howdon |
10/02/1816 | William Clark, Benton |
17/10/1834 | James Gibson, North Shields |
02/09/1842 | Joseph Gibson, London |
08/05/1844 | Registered at London |
02/03/1847 | Middle Dock Co, Newcastle; registered at Newcastle |
04/10/1847 | Wrecked |
Comments: | 1816: Nearly rebuilt by William Clark at Blyth |
04/10/1847: Stranded at the Tower of Marsala & became a total wreck | |
On a voyage from Mariupol to the UK |