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Name: PONS AELII
Type: Sailing Vessel
Launched: 10/1868
Completed: 11/1868
Builder: Gaddy & Lamb
Yard: Tyne Main, Gateshead
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 361grt, 346nrt, 120.6 x 27.4 x 16.7ft
Engines: None
Engines by: n/a
Propulsion: Sail, rigged as a Barque
Construction: Wood
Reg Number: 62307
History:
09/11/1868 Lewis M Lamb, Gateshead & Dorothy Gaddy, Newcastle; registered at Newcastle
02/06/ 1875 William & James Lamb, Gateshead
01/09/1876 James Lamb appointed manager
15/03/1882 Thomas Henry Davison, Newcastle
04/09/1882 Edward Nicholson Jnr, Blyth, appointed managing owner
16/08/1883 Thomas Henry Davison, Newcastle
04/03/1896 Akties "Pons Aelii" (Johan Bryde), Sandefjord, Norway
20/07/1902 Burnt
Comments: Also seen as PONS ELII
16/08/1883: Sold by order of The Marshall of The Admiralty
1896: British register closed
20/07/1902: On fire, abandoned & assumed sinking, 630 miles W of Brest
On a voyage from Paspebiac to Lanelly