Name: | PEKIN |
Type: | Sailing Vessel |
Launched: | 04/1841 |
Completed: | 05/1841 |
Builder: | T & W Smith |
Yard: | St Peter's, Newcastle |
Yard Number: | |
Dimensions: | 563nrt, 118.0 x 27.2 x 19.7ft |
Engines: | None |
Engines by: | n/a |
Propulsion: | Sail, rigged as a Ship |
Construction: | Wood |
Reg Number: | |
History: | |
08/05/1841 | Thomas & William Smith, Newcastle |
12/06/1841 | Thomas & William Smith, Newcastle and Robert Laing, North Shields |
23/12/1848 | Thomas & William Smith, Newcastle and George Whitby, Guernsey |
18/01/1854 | William Smith, Newcastle & George Whitby, Guernsey |
27/03/1855 | John Ingo & John Hopper, Newcastle and Thomas Solesby, Bedlington |
19/04/1855 | John Ingo & John Hopper, Newcastle; Thomas Solesby, Bedlington and |
Thomas Gibson, North Shields | |
15/11/1856 | Wrecked |
Comments: | 27/03/1855: Sold for £3,000 |
15/11/1856: Tow parted whilst leaving the Tyne & she drifted onto the Herd Sand | |
On a voyage from the Tyne to Carthagena with a cargo of coke | |
By the 28/11/1856 she had settled further into the sand | |
01/1857: Mostly destroyed by a severe gale. Remains auctioned off |
Newcastle Guardian & Tyne Mercury, Saturday, 22/11/1856
Newcastle Journal, Saturday, 10/01/1857