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Name: KITE
Type: Sailing Vessel
Launched: 1844
Completed: 07/1844
Builder: T & W Smith
Yard: North Shields
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 411nrt, 113.1 x 25.6 x 18.0ft
Engines: None
Engines by: n/a
Propulsion: Sail, rigged as a Ship
Construction: Wood
Reg Number: n/a
History:
20/07/1844 Thomas & William Smith, Newcastle
15/11/1850 Wrecked
Comments: 15/11/1850: Wrecked at Manapand Point near Tuticorin
On a voyage from Colombo to Tuticorin, SE India