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Name: DEE
Type: Sailing Vessel
Launched: 1813
Completed: 1813
Builder:
Yard: South Shields
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 320tonsb, 97.4 x 27.7 x 6.4ft
Engines: None
Engines by: n/a
Propulsion: Sail, rigged as a Barque
Construction: Wood
Reg Number:
History:
1813 Unknown owner
14/02/1825 Registered at Aberdeen
24/03/1835 Whale Fishing Company of Aberdeen
30/10/1841 Wrecked
Comments: Built as a whaler, with 2 decks, 3 masts, standing bowsprit & square stern
1836: Trapped in ice for the winter. 37 crew died from scurvy
30/10/1841: Wrecked at St George’s Bay, Newfoundland. Crew saved


Aberdeen Press & Journal, Wednesday, 17/12/1834