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Name: ECHO
Type: Sailing Vessel
Launched: 1841
Completed: 1841
Builder: Straker & Love
Yard: Howdon Dock
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 189nrt, 78.3 x 21.3 x 14.2ft
Engines: None
Engines by: n/a
Propulsion: Sail, rigged as a Snow
Construction: Wood
Reg Number:
History:
30/10/1841 Joseph & John Straker and Joseph Love, North Shields
30/10/1842 Lost
Comments: 30/10/1842: Lost on a voyage to Alexandria
But a press report 07/07/1843 says "missing after leaving a Mediterranean Port"