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Name: GOSHAWK
Type: Sailing Vessel
Launched: 1831
Completed: 06/1831
Builder: William Smith & Co
Yard: St Peter's Dock
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 244tonsb, 92.7 x 24.7 x 9.8ft
Engines: None
Engines by: n/a
Propulsion: Sail, rigged as a Snow
Construction: Wood
Reg Number: 3654
History:
15/06/1831 William Smith & Co; registered at Newcastle
25/01/1850 Thomas & William Smith, Newcastle
18/01/1854 William Smith, Benton, Newcastle
03/10/1866 Wrecked
Comments: 03/10/1866: Wrecked on a rock called Virgen, S of Hogland, Finland
On a voyage from Cronstadf to the UK with a cargo of deals
Subsequently floated off with the loss of rudder
Taken into Lavansaure but disappeared in a gale on 08/10/1866


Newcastle Guardian, Saturday, 27/10/1866