Name: | VISCOUNT MELBOURNE |
Type: | Sailing Vessel |
Launched: | 19/12/1835 |
Completed: | 1835 |
Builder: | James Edwards |
Yard: | South Shields |
Yard Number: | |
Dimensions: | 670tonsb, 150.0 x 47 x ?ft |
Engines: | None |
Engines by: | n/a |
Propulsion: | Sail, rigged as a Barque |
Construction: | Wood |
Reg Number: | n/a |
History: | |
1835 | Marjribanks, London |
05/01/1842 | Wrecked |
Comments: | 05/01/1842: Wrecked on the Luconia Shoals, 62 miles north of Borneo |
On a voyage from Singapore to Macao with a cargo of cotton, rice & saltpetre |
Above image is copyright of the Royal Museums Greenwich
Newcastle Journal, Saturday, 26/12/1835
Caledonian Mercury, Thursday, 14/04/1842
Courtesy of Judith Sharpe