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Official Number
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Official Number
76898 |
| The Fanny Crossfield was the first of twelve three-masted schooners bought by Barrow shipowners James Fisher & Son from the Carrickfergus shipyard of Paul Rodgers. She was built of wood and launched in 1880. | 
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Trading for Fishers, the Fanny Crossfield visited Brazil in
her early years, and at one time was under the command of Capt. John Iddon.
The Fanny Crossfield was sold to Grounds of Runcorn in 1921, then to Irish owners in 1936. She had an engine installed about this time. She ran aground in Strangford Lough in 1937 and she was broken up where she lay (18th November 1938). |
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| The other eleven schooners built by Rodgers for Fishers were the Mary Miller, Mary Armstead, Louie Bell, Annie Crossfield, Edith Crossfield, George B. Balfour, Annie Park, Creek Fisher, Shoal Fisher, Pool Fisher and Ford Fisher. The first five of these were built of wood, the George B. Balfour had iron frames and steel plates, and the final five schooners were built of steel. | ||
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