Francis Watson
 Official Number
none

The Francis Watson was built by Kelsick Wood at Maryport and was launched on the 4th February 1825. She was a full-rigged ship built for Watson & Co., and she was registered at Liverpool. She was wrecked on the 13th January 1830 at Algoa Bay, after serving in the trade to India.
 

Name
Year Built
Gross Tons
Length (feet)
Breadth (feet)
Depth (feet)
Masts
Figurehead
Stern
Lloyd's Classn.
Francis Watson
1825
 334
 
 
 
3
 
 
 

Sources :

  1. "Shipbuilding at Maryport - a Checklist" by Harry Fancy, published by the Friends of Whitehaven Museum, 1989 - describes the vessel as a brig.
  2. "Ships of the East India Company" by Rowan Hackman, World Ship Society, 2001.
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