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Donald & Doris | Official Number
102465
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The three-masted wooden schooner Donald & Doris was built in July 1897 at the
Brynllwyd, Amlwch, shipyard of W.C.Paynter & Son. She was managed by the Duddon
Shipping Association, part of a small fleet that carried the iron ore produced
by the Hodbarrow Mining Company at Millom. She was sold by them in 1920
and was broken-up after the Second World War.
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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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Donald & Doris
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1897
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142
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96.7
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23.5
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10.5
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3
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Sources :
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Trevor Morgan "Capt. William Morgan and the Hodbarrow Schooners" Maritime
Wales (1987) pages 90-98.
- Mercantile Navy List 1899: Donald & Doris,
schooner, 122 tons, built at Amlwch in 1897, official number 102465,
registered at Whitehaven, managing owner Robert Johnson, of Steel
Green, Millom.
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Lloyd's Register of Shipping 1922-3 (vessel registered at Whitehaven, master
named as J.Ellis)
- Mercantile Navy List 1938: Donald & Doris, wooden schooner, 149 grt, 99 nrt, 100 hp engine, built at Amlwch in 1897, official number 102465, signal letters MFTP, registered at Bideford in 1924, managing owner Richard Slade, of Appledore.