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Name: PALMER
Type: Sailing vessel
Launched: 24/06/1834
Completed: 08/1834
Builder: Charles Smith & Sons
Yard: Howdon
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 334tonsb, 104.4 x 26.9 x ?ft
Engines: None
Engines by: n/a
Propulsion: Sail, rigged as a Barque
Construction: Wood
Reg Number:
History:
02/08/1834 George Palmer, Newcastle
21/01/1836 Sank
Comments: 21/01/1836: Struck Long Sand, Thames Estuary, but came off & sank in deep water
On a voyage from the Tyne towards Marseilles with a cargo of coal & chains