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Name: SWIFT
Type: Sailing Vessel
Launched: 1829
Completed: 09/1829
Builder: William Robson & George Gray
Yard: South Shore, Gateshead
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 221tonsb, 82.9 x 25.0 x ?ft
Engines: None
Engines by: n/a
Propulsion: Sail, rigged as a Snow
Construction: Wood
Reg Number: n/a
History:
29/09/1829 William Robson & George Gray, Gateshead
10/12/1830 John Beckington & Thomas Hudson, Newcastle and
John Hudson & Thomas Wilson, Sulcoats, York
22/02/1831 Thomas Wilson, Hull & John Hudson, Sulcoats and
John Beckington & Thomas Hudson, Newcastle
14/06/1839 Unknown owner, London
No later history known
Comments: 10/12/1830: Following bankruptcy of Robson & Gray
22/02/1831: The first vessel to be owned by what would become the Wilso Line of Hull