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Name: MELDON
Type: Sailing Vessel
Launched: 03/1837
Completed: 04/1837
Builder: James Edwards
Yard: South Shields
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 287nrt, 86.8 x 23.0 x 16.9ft
Engines: None
Engines by: n/a
Propulsion: Sail, rigged as a Snow
Construction: Wood
Reg Number: n/a
History:
19/04/1837 Thomas & John Clarke; Charles Dunn, Newcastle and John & Thomas Todd, London
27/12/1852 Sank
Comments: 27/12/1852: Sank after springing a leak 25 miles SE of Tynemouth