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Name: RAVENSWORTH
Type: Sailing Vessel
Launched: 04/08/1856
Completed: 08/1856
Builder: Gaddy & Lamb
Yard: Tyne Main, Gateshead
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 508nrt, 131.0 x 29.0 x 19.0ft
Engines: None
Engines by: n/a
Propulsion: Sail, rigged as a Barque
Construction: Wood
Reg Number: 15982
History:
27/08/1856 Richard Wellington Hodgson, Newcastle; registered at Newcastle
19/10/1865 Marshall Tweddell, South Shields & Benjamin Plummer, Newcastle
21/11/1869 Sank
Comments: Built for the trade from the UK to the Far East & Australia
21/11/1869: Abandoned in a sinking condition, 1500 miles SW of Jakarta
On a voyage from Bangkok to Falmouth with a cargo of rice & sugar


Above image is copyright of the Royal Museums Greenwich

Above image is copyright of the Royal Museums Greenwich

Above image is copyright of the Royal Museums Greenwich