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Name: CESTUS
Type: Sailing Vessel
Launched: 1841
Completed: 1841
Builder: Mr Chipchase
Yard: Low Lights, North Shields
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 300tonsb, 92.7 x 23.4 x 17.0ft
Engines: None
Engines by: n/a
Propulsion: Sail, rigged as a Snow
Construction: Wood
Reg Number:
History:
1841 Robert Collison & Co, Hull; registered at Hull
08/10/1852 Abandoned
Comments: 08/10/1852: Abandoned in a sinking condition, 330 miles SW of the Azores
On a voyage from Cape St John to Cork with a cargo of red wood & ebony


Shipping & Mercantile Gazette, Wednesday, 27/10/1852