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Name: GEORGE & WILLIAM
Type: Sailing Vessel
Launched: 1825
Completed: 1825
Builder: Straker & Barron (Barras?)
Yard: South Shields
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 260nrt, 88.4 x 26.3 x ?ft
Engines: None
Engines by: n/a
Propulsion: Sail, rigged as a Brig
Construction: Wood
Reg Number:
History:
29/10/1825 George Barras, Gateshead & William Barras, South Shields
31/03/1831 William Barras, South Shields
12/01/1834 Wrecked
Comments: 12/01/1834: Wrecked near L'Aness Bay, Guernsey
On a voyage from Jamaica with a cargo of rum, pimento & sugar
She also carried 2 passengers & 12 crew. There were only 2 survivors