Name: | BRITISH QUEEN |
Type: | Sailing Vessel |
Launched: | 1841 |
Completed: | 1841 |
Builder: | Thomas Young & Sons |
Yard: | South Shields |
Yard Number: | |
Dimensions: | 300nrt, 92.7 x 23.7 x 16.6ft |
Engines: | None |
Engines by: | n/a |
Propulsion: | Sail, rigged as a Barque |
Construction: | Wood |
Reg Number: | 2494 |
History: | |
06/02/1841 | Thomas Coxon, North Shields and Edward N Grace, Byker Hill |
13/08/1852 | Robert Thompson & Sons, Sunderland |
28/05/1853 | Henry, William & John Eggleston, Monkwearmouth |
18/09/1856 | William Minto, North Shields |
29/06/1862 | Lost |
Comments: | Different reports as to her fate |
29/06/1862: Lost near Adra according to Custom House Register | |
07/1862: Towed into Adra in sinking state, according to press report | |
On a voyage from Girenti to Falmouth with a cargo of sulphur |