Name: | HAWK PACKET |
Type: | Sailing Vessel |
Launched: | 1804 |
Completed: | 1804 |
Builder: | Edward Hawk |
Yard: | South Shore, Gateshead |
Yard Number: | |
Dimensions: | 173tonsb, 77.5 x 23.3 x ?ft; (1824: 204tonsb, 86.5 x 23.5 x ?ft) |
Engines: | None |
Engines by: | n/a |
Propulsion: | Sail, rigged as a Schooner; (1807: Brigantine); (1824: Snow) |
Construction: | Wood |
Reg Number: | |
History: | |
19/10/1804 | John Hawk, Gateshead and Samuel W Parker & John Shields, Newcastle |
24/01/1809 | George & John Hawk et al, Gateshead |
20/08/1818 | Sir Robert Shafto Hawks et al, Newcastle |
31/05/1824 | Anthony Nichol, London & George Straker, South Shields et al |
18/02/1836 | Sank |
Comments: | 1824: Lengthened & re-rigged by Straker & Barras at South Shields |
18/02/1836: Foundered in "the Deeps"during a storm | |
On a voyage from Seaham to London with a cargo of coal |
Newcastle Journal, Saturday, 12/03/1836