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Official Number
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Official Number
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From the Cumberland Pacquet newspaper, Tuesday, 4th July 1848, page 3 :
"On Saturday last, the largest ship ever built at Workington was launched from the old-established building yard of Messrs.Peile, Scott and Co. at that port. The magnificent new ship, which on that day glided majestically into her destined element, registers 635 tons, and was christened by Joseph Sanderson, Esq., banker, Cockermouth, as she moved from the berths in which she had been constructed. She was named the Mary Cannon, was built expressly for William Cannon, Esq., of Workington, for the East India and China trade, and will stand A1 at Lloyd's, London, for 13 years. The three great essentials for which Cumberland-built vessels have long been famed - model, strength and workmanship - are perhaps as prominently displayed in the Mary Cannon as in any vessel that ever left the county. In all these particulars she is perfection itself - a decided first-rate specimen of shipbuilding, and does lasting credit to her draughtsman, Mr.Jonathan Fell, who as manager of the Company's yard has long ranked high as a Cumberland ship-builder. "The Mary Cannon arrived at Sydney, Australia, from Calcutta via Batavia, on the 23rd June 1853 (see Source 3).
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