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Name: LECKWITH
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 29/08/1868
Completed: 11/1868
Builder: Schlesinger, Davis & Co
Yard: Wallsend
Yard Number: 16
Dimensions: 521grt, 338nrt, 171.6 x 25.9 x 15.7ft
Engines: 2cyl (35 & 35 x 26ins), 75hp
Engines by: Thomas Clark & Co, Newcastle
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 60257
History:
02/11/1868 Charles E Stalybrass & Co, Cardiff
by 1884 JB Cassealas, Vigo; renamed TERCER BARRERAS
No later history known
Comments: 11/11/1874: Stranded on the bar whilst leaving Bilbao
On a voyage from Bilbao to Cardiff with a cargo of iron ore
22/11/1874: Wreck sold at auction for $7000
Subsequently refloated and repaired


Newcastle Journal, Monday, 31/08/1868

Morning Post, Wednesday, 18/11/1874