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Blenheim
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Official Number
58974 |
The Blenheim was an iron barque built by R. Williamson &
Sons at Harrington in January, 1869. She was initially owned by A. Morgan
of Liverpool. By 1879 she had been acquired by another Liverpool owner,
S.Martin, and her master was Capt.J.W.Garner.
By 1889 the Blenheim had been bought for £ 3540 by Carl
August Banck & Co. of Helsingborg, Sweden. In 1901 she was bought by
Italian owners, and in 1905 was sold to owners in Genoa for conversion
to a coal barge.
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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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Blenheim
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1869
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575
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170.1
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28.3
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17.3
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3
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Sources :
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"Shipbuilding at Workington - a Checklist" by Harry Fancy, pub. Whitehaven
Museum (1985) - states vessel was built as a barque.
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American
Lloyd's Register of American and Foreign Shipping, 1870 : names master
as Capt.W.Sewell, owners as Martin & Co., vessel described as a barque
and was registered at Liverpool.
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Record
of American and Foreign Shipping, 1885 : names master as Capt.J.W.Garner,
owners as B.Lewis & Co., registered at Liverpool.
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Record
of American and Foreign Shipping, 1890 : vessel registered at Helsingborg,
owners named as C.A.Bauck & Co.
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Record
of American and Foreign Shipping, 1895 : owners named as C.A.Banck
& Co. master as Capt.Olsson.
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Maritime
History Virtual Archives - states that the vessel was a full-rigged
ship, and was reduced to barque rig in the 1880's.
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There is a good photo of the Blenheim in the online catalogue of
the State Library of Victoria, searchable at http://catalogue.slv.vic.gov.au/webvoy.htm