Name: | NEPTUNE'S BRIDE |
Type: | Sailing Vessel |
Launched: | 03/05/1855 |
Completed: | 1855 |
Builder: | James Young |
Yard: | South Shields |
Yard Number: | |
Dimensions: | 489nrt, 130.2 x 29.2 x 19.5ft |
Engines: | None |
Engines by: | n/a |
Propulsion: | Sail, rigged as a Barque |
Construction: | Wood |
Reg Number: | 2138 |
History: | |
14/06/1855 | James Young, South Shields; registered at Shields |
1859 | Registered at South Shields |
14/11/1869 | Burnt |
Comments: | Intended for the East India trade |
09/11/1869: Fire discovered in her cargo of coal | |
14/11/1869: Abandoned in St Sebastian's Bay, 100 miles E of Cape Town | |
On a voyage from the Tyne to Galle, Ceylon, with a cargo of coal |
North & South Shields Gazette, Friday, 11/05/1855
Shields Daily Gazette, Monday, 22/11/1869