29/04/1843 T & W Smith, Newcastle
29/10/1850 T & W Smith, Newcastle and H Toynbee, London 18/01/1854 T & W Smith, Newcastle; H Toynbee, London and William Smith, Benton 13/06/1872 Joseph Wilson, South Shields 17/06/1872 Joseph Wilson, Joseph Brunswick, Thomas Barker & George Ramsey, of South Shields and Patrick O'Hare & Henry J Modlin, of Newcastle Comments :Initially used as an Indiaman but from 1864 used in the North Atlantic timber trade 29/04/1856 : Thomas Smith died 13/10/1860 : William Smith died 26 August 1873 : Whilst in ballast from London to St John New Brunswick, the vessel with 19 crew got caught in a hurricane. The ship was taken aback, fore and the main masts were cut away, the sand ballast got adrift, and vessel was abandoned full of waster and on her beam ends, 200 miles Ex South of Halifax, Nova Scotia. Lat. 43 35 N -Lon. 59 50 W, North Atlantic |