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Channel Light
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Official
Number
51723 |
The Channel Light was a
barque built at St.Andrews, New Brunswick, Canada in December 1864. She
seems to have been owned by Charles Blades, and registered at
Lancaster, for most of her career.
The Channel Light was lost
by fire on the 25th October 1873. She was bound from Hull to Rio
de Janeiro with a cargo of 782 tons coal, and was scuttled in the
harbour at Rio after her cargo caught fire. The Moonlight, also from Hull with the
same cargo, suffered the same fate. The Hull newspaper (see Source 4)
stated " the fact of two large ships at one harbour, coal laden from
the same port, being burnt is causing some inquiry as to the nature of
their cargoes". At the time of her loss the Channel Light was still owned by
Charles Blades, and was still registered at Lancaster.
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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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Channel Light
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1864
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553
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137.9
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30.2
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18.8
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3
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Sources :
- American Lloyd's Register of American and Foreign Shipping, 1866:
barque, owned by Charles Blades, registered at Lancaster, commanded by
Capt.J.Harrison.
- American Lloyd's Register of American and Foreign Shipping, 1874:
barque, owned by Charles Blades, registered at Lancaster, commanded by
Capt.G.Henderson.
- Wreck details from Parliamentary Papers, House
of Commons (1880); Merchant Ships-Foundered and Missing,
1st January 1873 to 16th May 1880.
- Wreck also reported in the Glasgow Herald., 18th November 1873
and the Hull Packet and East Riding Times, Friday, 9th January, 1874.