Name: | MELDON |
Type: | Sailing Vessel |
Launched: | 1833 |
Completed: | 08/1833 |
Builder: | William Boutland |
Yard: | Bill Quay |
Yard Number: | |
Dimensions: | 228nrt, 90.2 x 24.1 x 14.6ft |
Engines: | None |
Engines by: | n/a |
Propulsion: | Sail, rigged as a Snow |
Construction: | Wood |
Reg Number: | 12872 |
History: | |
21/08/1833 | John Clarke & Charles Dunn, Newcastle |
19/03/1834 | Charles Bertram & Ralph Wylam, Newcastle |
10/06/1848 | Elsdon Story & George Johnson, North Shields |
03/12/1850 | Elsdon Story, North Shields |
22/04/1850 | George Booth, Monkwearmouth |
10/05/1851 | Peter Webster, South Shields |
12/02/1862 | John Crouch, Sunderland |
21/01/1863 | Sank |
Comments: | Capacity of 335 tons of coal |
21/01/1863: Foundered off the Texel | |
Some reports say she foundered midway between Aberdeen & Stavanger |