Name: | SPRING |
Type: | Sailing Vessel |
Launched: | 1801 |
Completed: | 04/1801 |
Builder: | John Miller |
Yard: | South Shields |
Yard Number: | |
Dimensions: | 238tonsb, 84.7 x 26.2 x ?ft; (1804: 295tonsb, 100.3 x 26.3 x ?ft) |
Engines: | None |
Engines by: | n/a |
Propulsion: | Sail, rigged as a Brigantine |
Construction: | Wood |
Reg Number: | 24406 |
History: | |
24/04/1801 | John Smith, South Shields |
07/10/1833 | Ann Oliver, South Shields |
19/02/1846 | Denis & William Hill, North Shields |
27/07/1846 | Denis Hill, North Shields |
07/11/1856 | Wrecked |
Comments: | 1804: Lengthened by Nicholas Fairles at South Shields |
07/11/1856: Wrecked on the Scharhorn Reef at the entrance to the River Elbe | |
On a voyage from Middlesbrough towards Altona with a cargo of railway iron |