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Birker
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Official Number
70475 |
The
Birker was a full-rigged ship built by the Barrow Shipbuilding
Company. She was launched on the 8th April 1875, Yard No. 22, for John
Henry Bushby.
The
Birker was lost on the 27th June 1895, north of Lobos De
Tierra Island, off the Pacific coast of South America.
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Name
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Year Built
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Gross Tons
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Length (feet)
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Breadth (feet)
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Depth (feet)
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Masts
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Figurehead
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Stern
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Lloyd's Classn.
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Birker
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1875
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1042
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209.0
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34.2
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20.9
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3
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Sources :
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"Portrait of a Shipbuilder: Barrow-Built Vessels since 1873", ed. Nigel
Harris ISBN 0 947971 32 7 (published 1989)
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" Record
of American and Foreign Shipping 1885 " names master as Capt.Scowcroft,
owners as Shaw, Bushby & Co.
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" Record
of American and Foreign Shipping, 1890 " names master as Capt.H.Lightbody,
owner as Shaw, Bushby & Co. - the vessel had by this time been reduced
to barque rig.
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" Record
of American and Foreign Shipping, 1895 " names master as Capt.A.Sampson,
owner as J.H.Bushby & Co.
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Information from Sheila Cartwright.