Name: | KITE |
Type: | Sailing Vessel |
Launched: | 06/1837 |
Completed: | 08/1837 |
Builder: | T & W Smith |
Yard: | St Peter's, Newcastle |
Yard Number: | |
Dimensions: | 281nrt, 92.5 x 23.1 x 16.4ft |
Engines: | None |
Engines by: | n/a |
Propulsion: | Sail, rigged as a Snow |
Construction: | Wood |
Reg Number: | |
History: | |
19/08/1837 | Thomas & William Smith, Newcastle |
15/09/1840 | Wrecked |
Comments: | 1840: Taken up and armed by the Admiralty at Madras |
15/09/1840: Wrecked off the island of Ningpo, China |