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Affleck | Official Number
none
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The Affleck was a brig built by Thos. & Jno. Brocklebank
at Bransty, Whitehaven, launched on the18th February 1825. She was bought
by Capt.J.Fell of Whitehaven and traded to the Caribbean, her master in
1840 being Capt.Isaac Chester. In 1841 she was wrecked off Florida whilst
voyaging from Demerara to London.
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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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Affleck
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1825
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237
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88.8
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24.8
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16.8
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2
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Sources :
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"Shipbuilding in Whitehaven - A Checklist" by Harry Fancy, Whitehaven Museum
(1984).
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"From Cumberland to Cape
Horn" by D.Hollett.
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A List Of The Cumberland Shipping, Corrected To February 1840, by William
Sawyers, Comptroller Of Her Majesty's Customs At The Port Of Whitehaven.
- Lloyd's Register of Shipping 1841-2: Affleck,
brig, 237 tons, built at Whitehaven in 1825, copperd in 1839, owned by
J.Fell, registered at Whitehaven, master Capt.Chester, voyage London -
Demerara, - annotated "Lost".