Name: | COQUETDALE |
Type: | Sailing Vessel |
Launched: | 05/10/1865 |
Completed: | 10/1865 |
Builder: | T Young |
Yard: | South Shields |
Yard Number: | |
Dimensions: | 413nrt, 131.7 x 28.1 x 17.1ft |
Engines: | None |
Engines by: | n/a |
Propulsion: | Sail, rigged as a Barque |
Construction: | Wood |
Reg Number: | 49790 |
History: | |
25/10/1865 | Emmanuel Young, North Shields; registered at Shields |
10/1867 | Robert Molmes, Newport; registered at Newport |
26/02/1870 | Sank |
Comments: | 24/02/1870: Ran aground & subsequently sank near Scalpgat (Texel) |
On a voyage from Iquique to Hamburg with a cargo of saltpetre | |
26/02/1870: The submerged wreckage was run into by the brig CEYLON | |
01/03/1870: Sunken wreck sold for 44,440 florins |
Shields Daily Gazette, Monday, 28/02/1870
Algemeen Handelsblad, Saturday, 26/02/1870
Positioning a wreck buoy, courtesy of Arie de Lange