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Name: SWIFT
Type: Sailing Vessel
Launched: 1805
Completed: 16/11/1805
Builder: Francis & Thomas Hurry
Yard: North Shields
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 209tonsb, 80.0 x 24.6 x ?ft
Engines: None
Engines by: n/a
Propulsion: Sail, rigged as a Brigantine; (Later: Snow)
Construction: Wood
Reg Number:
History:
16/11/1805 Thomas Smith, Anthony Wood & Martin Morrison, Newcastle
1816 Unknown owner; registered at London
20/12/1817 John Storey, Newcastle; registered at Newcastle
22/03/1819 Ralph Storey, Newcastle
08/03/1824 Ralph & Robert Storey, Newcastle
13/07/1835 Lost
Comments: 1805: Owners were assignees of the bankrupts Francis & Thomas Hurry
13/07/1835: Lost in the Gulf of Finland