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Braganza
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Official Number
1439 |
The Braganza was a full-rigged ship built at Whitehaven by Lumley
Kennedy & Co., launched on the 24th February 1851. She was registered
at Liverpool.
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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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Braganza
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1851
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398
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3
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Woman bust
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Sources :
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"Shipbuilding in Whitehaven - A Checklist" by Harry Fancy, Whitehaven Museum
(1984).
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" American
Lloyd's Register of American and Foreign Shipping, 1865 " names master
as Capt.E.Neilson, owner as Nicholson.
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Mercantile Navy List 1857 lists two vessels named Braganza belonging
to Liverpool : this sailing ship of 398 tons, and a steamer, Official No.
13588, 399 tons, 160 hp.
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BoT Transcript of Liverpool Shipping Register (No.148 for 1851) at Merseyside
Maritime Museum.