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Name: SYREN
Type: Sailing Vessel
Launched: 1801
Completed: 06/1801
Builder: Francis Hurry
Yard: Howdon
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 181tonsb, 77.2 x 23.6 x ?ft; (1809: 260tonsb, 93.2 x 25.4 x ?ft)
Engines: None
Engines by: n/a
Propulsion: Sail, rigged as a Brigantine; (1809: Snow)
Construction: Wood
Reg Number:
History:
30/06/1801 Francis & Thomas Hurry, Howdon
13/12/1803 Thomas Russell, North Shields
01/05/1804 Thomas Russell, Robert Ribson & David David, North Shields
17/06/1809 Thomas & Alexander Russell and John Robson, South Shields
28/02/1824 Alexander Russell & John Stormont, North Shields
10/02/1830 Alexander Russell & Robert Stormont, North Shields
16/03/1841 Alexander Russell, North Shields
30/09/1849 Wrecked
Comments: 1809: Lengthened & re-rigged by Wright Harle & Co at South Shields
30/09/1849: Wrecked near Hartlepool in a ESE gale