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William Dixon | Official Number
44719
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The William Dixon was a barque built by Charles Lamport at Workington
in July 1862. She was owned by J.B.Walmsley and was registered at Liverpool throughout her ten year career.
The William Dixon was lost off the coast of Holland in 1872.
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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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William Dixon
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1862
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496
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137.2
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28.1
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18.5
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3
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Square
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14 years A1, Special Survey
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Sources :
- BoT Transcript of Liverpool Shipping Register (No.252 for 1862) - register
closed 26th November 1872.
- Mercantile Navy List 1867: Willliam Dixon, 496 tons, official number 44719, TWHF, vessel registered at Liverpool, owned
by J.B.Walmsley, of Liverpool.
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Mystic Seaport Library Ship
Register Search has shipping register details for 1867 & 1871.
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Lloyd's Register of Shipping, 1872-3: Willliam Dixon, barque, 497 tons, built by Lamport at Workington in July 1862, official number 44719, owned
by Walmsley, vessel registered at Liverpool, master Capt.Edgar, voyage Liverpool - Valparaiso - annotated "Wrecked".