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Name: LEVANT
Type: Sailing Vessel
Launched: 1848
Completed: 02/1848
Builder: George Gray
Yard: Friar's Goose, Gateshead
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 169nrt, 78.8 x 20.4 x 13.2ft
Engines: None
Engines by: n/a
Propulsion: Sail, rigged as a Schooner
Construction: Wood
Reg Number: 26238
History:
11/02/1848 George Gray, Gateshead
01/10/1851 John Smith, Monkwearmouth
04/11/1851 Cuthbert Hutchinson & George Gregory, Monkwearmouth
28/04/1854 Cuthbert Hutchinson, Monkwearmouth
11/04/1858 Wrecked
Comments: 11/04/1858: Wrecked in the Sea of Marmara near Heracliaza
On a voyage from Ibrail to Queenstown with a cargo of wheat