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Official Number
69720 |
| The Parknook was an iron barque built
by the Whitehaven
Shipbuilding Company at Whitehaven in June 1876. She was owned by David
Borrowdale of Whitehaven, and her first voyage was from Whitehaven to San
Francisco with a coal cargo, under the command of Capt.Richard Thompson.
In 1887 the Parknook carried emigrants to Australia (see Source 4). The Parknook was sold to Norwegian owners by 1898, and by 1927
was registered at New York, renamed Cecilia M.Dunlap. She entered
the coastal trade on the Atlantic seaboard, and subsequently was converted
to a schooner barge. She foundered on the 12th September 1931 in 60 feet
of water during heavy seas, whilst under tow from Pennsylvania to New Jersey
with about 10,000 barrels of oil as
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