Name: | DUCHESS OF BUCCLEUGH |
Type: | Sailing Vessel |
Launched: | 08/1842 |
Completed: | 1843 |
Builder: | James Edwards |
Yard: | South Shields |
Yard Number: | |
Dimensions: | 401nrt, 101.6 x 24.9 x 18.7ft |
Engines: | None |
Engines by: | n/a |
Propulsion: | Sail, rigged as a Ship |
Construction: | Wood |
Reg Number: | |
History: | |
20/10/1843 | James Edwards, South Shields |
21/06/1845 | William Fisher, Workington |
15/12/1845 | George Straker, Newcastle |
17/01/1846 | Registered at Liverpool |
16/07/1849 | Richard Wellington Hodgeson, Newcastle; registered at Newcastle |
13/06/1850 | Wrecked |
Comments: | 13/06/1850: Ran ashore at Quoin Point near Cape Agulhas after losing rudder |
On a voyage from Calcutta towards London with a cargo of indigo, rice, pepper & silk | |
26/07/1850: Refloated & taken to Cape Town where she was condemned |