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Name: HEPSCOTT
Type: Sailing Vessel
Launched: 07/05/1856
Completed: 06/1856
Builder: Thomas Dunn Marshall
Yard: South Shields
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 574nrt, 150.9 x 29.6 x 17.8ft
Engines: None
Engines by: n/a
Propulsion: Sail, rigged as a Barque
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 15250
History:
02/06/1856 TD Marshall, North Shields and John Lawrence Hall & James Richardson, South Shields
21/09/1858 Wrecked
Comments: 21/09/1858: Wrecked in a typhoon at Swatow, near Hong Kong
She was left perched on a pinnacle of rock
11/10/1858: Wreckage sold "as is" on the beach for 250 dollars