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| Name |
Official number |
Flag |
IMO |
| MAGGIE W. SMITH |
92875 |
GBR |
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| Year built |
Date launched |
Date completed |
| 1886 |
22/05/1886 |
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| Vessel type |
Vessel description
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| Cargo
| Wood Sailing Vessel 3-masted Schooner |
| Builder |
Yard |
Yard no |
| Ardrossan Shipbuilding Co. Ltd., Ardrossan |
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53 |
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| Tonnage |
Length |
Breadth |
Depth |
Draft |
| 149 grt / 138 nrt / |
102.1 ft |
22.5 ft |
11.0 ft |
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| Engine builder |
, |
| Engine detail |
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| First owner |
First port of register |
Registration date |
| Archibald Thomson, John Smith and others, Ardrossan. |
Ardrossan |
01/06/1886 |
| Other names |
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| Subsequent owner and registration history |
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| Vessel history |
Built for the Newfoundland trade
11/2/1889 lost topmast and boom in heavy gale in Atlantic (35N 20W); later arrived Gibraltar.
30/4/1892 grounded in Bradley's Cove, Newfoundland; later refloated and arrived Bristol |
| Remarks |
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| End year |
Fate / Status |
| 1892 |
Abandoned 11/11/1892 |
| Disposal Detail |
Abandoned after severe storm damage, including loss of steering gear, in the North Atlantic at 46.13N 37.56W (Labrador coast and Harbour Grace Nfld for Gibraltar with salt fish). Crew of six rescued by ss EUCLID (1559g/1877)
The Liverpool Shipwreck & Humane society and the Board of Trade made awards to master Thomas T Farrell of the EUCLID as well as to chief mate Christopher Jones and three crew that manned the boat that rescued the schooner's crew. |
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