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Name: RAVENSCRAIG
Type: Sailing Vessel
Launched: 10/05/1853
Completed: 06/1853
Builder: Thomas Metcalf & Son
Yard: South Shields
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 589grt, 581nrt, 126.0 x 27.8 x 21.0ft; (1868: 530grt, 395nrt, 130.2 x 30.8 x 21.0ft)
Engines: None; (1868: 2cyl, 70nhp)
Engines by: n/a; (1868: Unknown)
Propulsion: Sail, rigged as a Ship; (1868: 1 x Screw)
Construction: Wood
Reg Number: 30847
History:
15/06/1853 George D Lockhart, Kirkaldy
1879 Lost
Comments: Initially a sailing vessel employed in the Australian & New Zealand wool trade
1868: Fitted with a steam engine
Subsequently converted to a whaling ship
1879: Trapped in ice and lost, at about this time


Newcastle Guardian, Saturday, 14/05/1853