Affleck
 Official Number
none

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 Demerarra to London.
 

Name
Year Built
Gross Tons
Length (feet)
Breadth (feet)
Depth (feet)
Masts
Figurehead
Stern
Lloyd's Classn.
Affleck
1825
237 
88.8 
24.8 
16.8 
2 
 
 
 

Sources :

  1. "Shipbuilding in Whitehaven - A Checklist" by Harry Fancy, Whitehaven Museum (1984).
  2. "From Cumberland to Cape Horn" by D.Hollett.
  3. A List Of The Cumberland Shipping, Corrected To February 1840, by William Sawyers, Comptroller Of Her Majesty's Customs At The Port Of Whitehaven
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