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Name: WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR
Type: Sailing Vessel
Launched: 06/07/1853
Completed: 07/1853
Builder: Thomas Young & Son
Yard: South Shields
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 435nrt, 117.5 x 23.8 x 18.1ft
Engines: None
Engines by: n/a
Propulsion: Sail, rigged as a Barque
Construction: Wood
Reg Number:
History:
18/07/1853 Emanuel, Mary & Cuthbert George Young, North Shields
09/07/1854 Burnt
Comments: 09/07/1854: Destroyed by fire, 200 miles WxS of Barbuda
On a voyage from Barbados to London


The Newcastle Courant, Friday, 15/07/1853

Shipping & Mercantile Gazette, Saturday, 19/08/1854