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Name: STAFFA
Type: Sailing Vessel
Launched: 19/07/1860
Completed: 07/1860
Builder: T Young & Sons
Yard: North Shields
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 219nrt, 96.0 x 25.0 x 14.0ft
Engines: None
Engines by: n/a
Propulsion: Sail, rigged as a Brig
Construction: Wood
Reg Number: 28577
History:
30/07/1860 Mary & Emmanuel Young, North Shields; registered at Shields
28/03/1863 Alexander & Agnes Brown, Arbroath; registered at Arbroath
16/03/1871 Stranded
Comments: 13/05/1861: Mary Young died
10/01/1871: Stranded at St Anne, Guadaloupe
On a voyage from Blyth to Guadaloupe with a cargo of coal
Subsequently considered a "total loss"


Dundee Courier, Thursday, 23/02/1871

Dundee Advertiser, Thursday, 16/03/1871