X Y Z XYZ 1814

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Name:	X Y Z
Type:	Sailing Vessel
Launched:	1814
Completed:	1814
Builder:	John Pletts
Yard:	North Shields
Yard Number:
Dimensions:	245tonsb, 86.8 x 26.0 x ?ft; (1822: 288tonsb, 98.0 x 26.1 x ?ft)
Engines:	None
Engines by:	n/a
Propulsion:	Sail, rigged as a Snow; (1822: Ship); (1851: Barque)
Construction:	Wood
Reg Number:	n/a
History:
1814	Unknown owner
20/05/1822	John Pletts, North Shields & Edward Pletts, Newcastle
17/09/1828	William & Margaret Harrison, North Shields; William Redhead, Newcastle and
	Stephen Wright Harrison, South Shields
19/11/1830	William & Stephen Wright Harrison, South Shields
21/04/1835	John Swan, North Shields
01/02/1843	John Swan & Joseph Lightfoot, North Shields and Philip Taylor, Seaton Sluice
08/11/1850	John Swan, George Johnson & Joseph Lightfoot, North Shields and
	Philip Taylor, Seaton Sluice
09/11/1850	John Swan, Edward Kell Swan & Joseph Lightfoot, North Shields and
	Philip Taylor, Seaton Sluice
14/03/1851	Edward Kell Swan, North Shields & Philip Taylor, Seaton Sluice
08/05/1854	John Swan, North Shields
17/09/1855	Lost

Comments:	1822: Lengthened & re-rigged by John Pletts at North Shields
	Capacity increased to 21 keels of coal on a draft of 14.25ft
	30/09/1849: Stranded near Hartlepool & remained there for 5 days before being refloated
	08/05/1854: Following the death of Edward Kell Swan
	17/09/1855: Lost on passage from Malta to Leghorn. Crew saved