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Affghan
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Official Number
26249 |
The Affghan was a ship built at Whitehaven by Lumley
Kennedy & Co. in 1851. She was owned by the Boadle family and operated in the East India trade.
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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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Affghan
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1851
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675
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137.2
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26.7
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20.1
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3
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12 years, A1
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Sources :
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"Shipbuilding in Whitehaven - A Checklist" by Harry Fancy, Whitehaven Museum
(1984).
- Lloyd's Register of Shipping 1851-2 (Supplement): Affghan, ship, yellow-metalled in 1851, 598
tons om, 675 nm, owned by Boadle & Co.,
registered at Whitehaven, master Capt.W.Boadle, voyage Whitehaven - Calcutta.
- Lloyd's Register of Shipping 1854-5: Affghan, ship, yellow-metalled in 1851, 598
tons om, 675 nm, owned by Boadle & Co.,
registered at Whitehaven, master Capt.I.Colebank, voyage London - India.
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Mercantile Navy List 1860 - Affghan, ON 26249, 675 tons, registered at Whitehaven, signal letters PKHV.
- Clayton's
Register of Shipping, 1865: ship, 675 tons, owned by William Boadle, of
Liverpool, registered at Whitehaven, master Capt.Colebank.
- Mercantile Navy List 1867 - Affghan, 1023 tons, owned by Mary Boadle, Birkenhead.
- Lloyd's Register of Shipping 1868-9: Affghan, ship, yellow-metalled in 1869, 598
tons om, 675 nm, owned by Boadle & Co.,
registered at Whitehaven, master Capt.J.Fisher, voyage Liverpool - India, then London - Singapore.