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Name: MERRINGTON
Type: Sailing Vessel
Launched: 15/03/1854
Completed: 04/1854
Builder: William Cunningham
Yard: St Lawrence
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 710grt, 632nrt, 143.7 x 28.4 x 19.8ft
Engines: None
Engines by: n/a
Propulsion: Sail, rigged as a Ship; (Later: Barque)
Construction: Wood
Reg Number: 26261
History:
08/04/1854 George Wooler Beckwith & Co; registered at Newcastle
13/04/1857 Andrew & Jane Dickie et al, Irvine
17/04/1861 Matthew Wignall, Fleetwood; registered at Fleetwood
1869 Thomas Bell, Liverpool
06/1874 Wrecked
Comments: 06/1874: Wrecked at Escoumins in the St Lawrence estuary
On a voyage from Liverpool to Quebec


Newcastle Courant, Friday, 17/03/1854