Star of the North
A wooden full-rigged ship built in 1857 at Sunderland.
Dimensions ___×__×__ meters
[190'0"×34'10"×21'0"] and 935 tons.
- 1857
- Launched at Sunderland for George Leslie, Aberdeen.
- 1858 February
- Sailed from Foochow to London with a cargo of tea in 99 days.
- 1860 May 5
- Sailed from Foochow to London with a cargo of tea in 105 days.
- 1868
- Engaged as a transport for the Royal Navy in the Abyssinian War.
- 1871/1872
- Condemned.
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Updated 1999-06-14 by
Lars Bruzelius
Sjöhistoriska Samfundet | The Maritime History Virtual Archives.
Copyright © 1997 Lars Bruzelius.