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Name: GAMMA
Type: Sailing Vessel
Launched: 1847
Completed: 1847
Builder: Thomas Brown
Yard: Howdon
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 87grt, 67.9 x 18.1 x 8.7ft
Engines: None
Engines by: n/a
Propulsion: Sail, rigged as a Schooner
Construction: Wood
Reg Number: 8994
History:
09/08/1847 Henry Hunt, Birtley
27/03/1856 Charles Frederick Perkins, Picktree
28/06/1860 Edward Mosley Perkins, Birtley
16/07/1866 Charles Witt, Lynn
1879 Samuel Suggett, Lynn
01/1888 Sank
Comments: 31/01/1888: Wreckage found off Withernsea
On a voyage from Seaham to Lynn with a cargo of coal