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