British Queen
 Official Number
51083

The schooner British Queen was an iron-hulled vessel built at Preston by W.Allsup in 1864. She was bought by Thomas Ashcroft, a Barrow shipowner. In the late 1870's she joined the larger Barrow fleet of James Fisher. She was sold by Fishers in 1924, and was reputed to have been their last sailing vessel.

The British Queen was broken-up in 1955.
 
Name
Year Built
Gross Tons
Length (feet)
Breadth (feet)
Depth (feet)
Masts
Figurehead
Stern
Lloyd's Classn.
British Queen
1864
 164
106.0 
21.2 
10.3 
3
 
 
 

Sources :

  1. Research by Derek Blackhurst
  2. "Schooner Sunset" by Douglas Bennet, Chatham Publishing (2001), ISBN 1 86176 176 7.
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