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Grace | Official Number
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The Grace was a brig built at Workington by William Wallace,
launched the 20th June 1807.
The Grace was wrecked during a severe storm on the 23rd February
1835 on the west side of Meikle Ross, Kirkcudbright, Scotland, with the
loss of all eight crew.
She had left Dublin the previous day, bound for Workington in ballast.
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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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Grace
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1807
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177
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2
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Sources :
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"Shipbuilding at Workington - a Checklist" by Harry Fancy, pub. Whitehaven
Museum (1985).
- Jollies Cumberland Guide & Directory 1811- Grace, brig, 177 tons, registered at Workington, owned and commanded by Capt.T.Martin.
- Lloyd's Register of Shipping (Shipowners' Red Book)1829-30: Grace, brig, 177 tons, built Workington 1807, owned and commanded by Capt.Martin, described as a Waterford coaster.
- Wreck reported in the Morning Post, Sat., 28th Feb., 1835 - "The Grace, from Dublin to Workington, is wrecked near Maryport." There is a fuller report in the Caledonian Mercury, 5th March 1835.
- Wreck details from Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland website, citing from "Galloway Shipwrecks" by P.C.Miller and "Off Scotland" by I.G.Whittaker.