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Name: ESK
Type: Sailing Vessel
Launched: 1827
Completed: 1827
Builder: George Straker & Co
Yard: South Shields
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 245tonsb, 86.0 x 25.8 x ?ft
Engines: None
Engines by: n/a
Propulsion: Sail, rigged as a Snow
Construction: Wood
Reg Number: n/a
History:
24/08/1827 Edmund Graham & William Barker et al, Newcastle
01/11/1831 John Graham, London and Edmund Graham & William Barker et al, Newcastle
21/12/1844 Sank
Comments: 21/12/1844: Foundered off Tynemouth
Had grounded on Whitehill Point whilst going down the Tyne
On a voyage from the Tyne to London