Name |
JOHN GEORGE |
Construction |
WOOD |
Type |
SHIP |
Date |
1862 |
Description |
Rig: BRIG Date of Build/Launch: March 1862 Owner: John McLauchlan Lloyd's 7 A1 Years Description: 1 deck, 2 masts, brig rigged, round stern, carvel built, male figurehead. Owner: John McLauchlan, Shipowner, Aberdeen, 64 shares. Vessel lost 8 February 1863 in the Bristol Channel. (Source Aberdeen Register of Shipping (Aberdeen City Archives)) 1862: Master R. Stephen; Owner J. McLauchlan; Voyagae Aberdeen - Baltic 1863: No trace in Lloyds's (Source Lloyd's Regiser of Shipping) Aberdeen Journal, 11/02/1863: Brig JOHN GEORGE, of Aberdeen, owned by Mr. McLachlan, sank in Bristol Channel after collision with a barque. Crew were saved. She was bound Cardiff - London with cargo of iron and is believed to be insured. |
Shipbuilder |
David Burns, Aberdeen |
Dimensions |
length 93' x breadth 22.4' x depth 11.9' gross tonnage 142 tons |
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