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Name: MERLIN
Type: Sailing Vessel
Launched: 1844
Completed: 1844
Builder: Straker & Love
Yard: Howdon Dock
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 157nrt, 69.7 x 17.0 x 11.0ft
Engines: None
Engines by: n/a
Propulsion: Sail, rigged as a Schooner
Construction: Wood
Reg Number: n/a
History:
1844 Straker & Love, Howdon Dock
04/01/1846 Sank
Comments: 04/01/1846: Destroyed by a fire which broke out in the forecastle
On a voyage from Oporto to London with a cargo of wines