Name: | ERA |
Type: | Sailing Vessel |
Launched: | 1845 |
Completed: | 1845 |
Builder: | Andrew McLeod |
Yard: | South Shields |
Yard Number: | |
Dimensions: | 197nrt, 82.8 x 20.8 x 17.4ft |
Engines: | None |
Engines by: | n/a |
Propulsion: | Sail, rigged as a Snow |
Construction: | Wood |
Reg Number: | |
History: | |
19/11/1845 | John Ormston & James Dale, Newcastle and John Cuthbert Potts, Gateshead |
11/04/1847 | John Ormston & James Dale, Newcastle |
14/04/1849 | John Ormston, John Cuthbert Pott s & William John Van Hausbergen, Newcastle |
20/03/1850 | Abandoned |
Comments: | 19/03/1850: Grounded when leaving the Tyne & developed a bad leak |
On a voyage from the Tyne to Rotterdam | |
20/03/1850: Abandoned in a sinking condition off the Tyne |
North & South Shields Gazette, Friday, 29/03/1850