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 |