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Name: COLOMBO
Type: Sailing Vessel
Launched: 12/1834
Completed: 1835
Builder: T & W Smith
Yard: St Peter's, Newcastle
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 420tonsb, 116.2 x 28.7 x ?ft; (1847: 610nrt, 129.8 x 29.0 x ?ft)
Engines: None
Engines by: n/a
Propulsion: Sail, rigged as a Ship
Construction: Wood
Reg Number:
History:
1835 Smith & Co, Newcastle; registered at London
13/01/1843 Thomas & William Smith, Newcastle and Sir John Pirie, London
12/04/1847 Thomas & William Smith, Newcastle
01/05/1851 Stranded
Comments: 1847: Lengthened by T & W Smith at St Peter's
01/05/1851: Wrecked at Colombo after dragging anchors in a hurricane
On a voyage from Colombo to London with a cargo of coffee etc


Newcastle Journal, Saturday, 21/06/1851