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Official Number
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Official Number
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The William Yeo was a ship built by James Yeo jnr. at Port Hill,
Prince Edward Island, Canada, in 1862. She was initially owned by James
Yeo snr., the main shipowner on Prince Edward Island, and was registered
at Charlottetown. In December 1872 her registry was transferred to Barrow-in-Furness
and in 1874 J.F.Fowlie of Barrow was her owner. The William Yeo was
converted to barque rig in 1879 and by 1882 was owned by another Barrow
shipowner, J.Hunter.
| This painting of the William Yeo, by Joseph
Semple, shows her requesting a pilot at the entrance to the Mersey estuary.
The vessel is identified by the Commercial Code hoist (T,L,W,C) at the
mizzen masthead. The Yeo houseflag at the main masthead shows that the
vessel was operating for William Yeo of Appledore, Devon, brother of the
shipbuilder.
Click on the painting to enlarge Click here for a large file (1.0 MB) In about 1885 the William Yeo was sold to Norwegian owners at Arendal. She was renamed Gordon, her signal letters being changed to H,V,N,Q. In October 1896 the barque was "abandoned leaking" in the North Atlantic, on passage from Miramichi to London with a timber cargo. |
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