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Name |
Official number |
Flag |
IMO |
WINDHOVER |
60399 |
GBR |
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Year built |
Date launched |
Date completed |
1869 |
02/12/1868 |
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Vessel type |
Vessel description
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Cargo General
| Composite Sailing Vessel 3 Masted Ship |
Builder |
Yard |
Yard no |
Charles Connell & Company, Glasgow |
Overnewton |
62 |
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Tonnage |
Length |
Breadth |
Depth |
Draft |
1085 grt / 847 nrt / |
198 ft |
34 ft |
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Engine builder |
, |
Engine detail |
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First owner |
First port of register |
Registration date |
James Findlay, Kilbirnie. Ayrshire. |
Glasgow |
29/12/1868 |
Other names |
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Subsequent owner and registration history |
15/05/1873 registry to Greenock. 1885 Kerr & Co. |
Vessel history |
China tea trade 1881 barque-rigged. |
Remarks |
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End year |
Fate / Status |
1889 |
Wrecked 20/08/1889 |
Disposal Detail |
20/08/1889 ashore, wrecked, on Bramble Cay, Torres Strait. |
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Windhover
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