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Lancaster
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Official Number
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The Lancaster was a full-rigged ship built at Lancaster in 1823.
She was owned by J.Tobin and was registered at Liverpool. On the 14th March
1835 she was wrecked on St.Patrick's Causeway, Barmouth, when outward bound
from Liverpool to Africa with a general cargo.
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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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Lancaster
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1823
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353
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3
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Sources :
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From "Shipwreck Index of the British Isles" Vol. 5 by Richard & Bridget
Larn, pub. Lloyds Register, 2000, ISBN 1 900839 61 X - names master as
Capt.Lethbridge.
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A newspaper wreck report from the Carnavon & Denbigh Herald, Saturday,
21st March 1835 is cited in full at http://pc-78-120.udac.se:8001/WWW/Nautica/Maritime_History/Shipwrecks/CDH-1835-03-21.html,
and also at http://freespace.virgin.net/r.cadwalader/maritime/lifeboat/lancastr.htm