Name: | SARAH MILLS |
Type: | Sailing Vessel |
Launched: | 1838 |
Completed: | 1838 |
Builder: | Cuthbert Taylor |
Yard: | Walker |
Yard Number: | |
Dimensions: | 162grt, 77.3 x 20.2 x 13.4ft |
Engines: | None |
Engines by: | n/a |
Propulsion: | Sail, rigged as a Snow; (by 1880: Brig); (by 1887: Jury) |
Construction: | Wood |
Reg Number: | 23675 |
History: | |
1838 | J Mills, Liverpool; registered at Liverpool |
14/07/1855 | Registered at Lynn, Norfolk |
by 1867 | John Kemp, Lynn |
by 1870 | John Coates, Lynn |
by 1880 | William Watson, Seaham Harbour |
28/01/1887 | John Blumer Bushell, South Shields; registered at South Shields |
10/05/1889 | William Gray Bushell, South Shields |
25/01/1890 | Wrecked |
Comments: | 1887: Converted to a lighter with jury rig |
25/01/1890: Stranded off Montrose while being towed | |
On a voyage from Bo'ness to Aberdeen with a cargo of coal |
Edinburgh Evening News, Saturday, 25/01/1890