Name: | WILLIAM PRESTON |
Type: | Sailing Vessel |
Launched: | 1841 |
Completed: | 1841 |
Builder: | Luke Blumer |
Yard: | South Shields |
Yard Number: | |
Dimensions: | 160tonsb, 75.4 x 20.1 x 12.6ft |
Engines: | None |
Engines by: | n/a |
Propulsion: | Sail, rigged as a Snow |
Construction: | Wood |
Reg Number: | |
History: | |
17/03/1841 | Robert Ekless & Robert Couper Jnr, South Shields |
14/02/1842 | Wrecked |
Comments: | 14/02/1842: Wrecked on Western Rocks, Scilly Islands |
On a voyage from Odessa to the UK with a cargo of wheat |