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Name: HERMES
Type: Sailing Vessel
Launched: 1800
Completed: 04/1800
Builder: George Davison
Yard: Whitehill Point, North Shields
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 212tonsb, 86.4 x 24.7 x ?ft
Engines: None
Engines by: n/a
Propulsion: Sail, rigged as a Brigantine
Construction: Wood
Reg Number: 3755
History:
29/04/1800 Richard Cornforth & George Davison, North Shields
23/02/1805 William & John Cornforth, North Shields and Quinton Blackburn, Newcastle
17/03/1818 James Wardle Roxby, South Shields
27/03/1856 Sank
Comments: 27/03/1856: Ran into a rock which pierced the hull and she capsized
The rock was Kettle's Bottom off Land's End