Name: | WILLIAM & ANN or WILLIAM AND ANNE |
Type: | Sailing vessel |
Launched: | 1837 |
Completed: | 10/1837 |
Builder: | Thomas Metcalfe & Son |
Yard: | South Shields |
Yard Number: | |
Dimensions: | 254tonsb, 80.9 x 23.6 x 15.8ft |
Engines: | None |
Engines by: | n/a |
Propulsion: | Sail, rigged as a Snow |
Construction: | Wood |
Reg Number: | |
History: | |
16/10/1837 | William Watson, South Shields |
10/07/1850 | William Watson, Hartlepool |
25/01/1878 | Sank |
Comments: | 10/07/1850: William Watson of South Shields had died |
25/01/1878: Run down & sunk by TABOR in the Middle Swin | |
On a voyage from Seaham to London with a cargo of coal | |
4 of the crew died |
Shields Daily Gazette, Monday, 28/01/1878