Tamerlane

Three masted barque built in 1824 at St. Martins, New Brunswick. Dimensions: 108.1' × 25.6' × 20.7' and 1193 76/100 tons burthen. The figurehead was a "Man Bust".

1824: Launched at St. Martins, New Brunswick.
1844 March 26: Registered at Liverpool.
1846 October: Stranded on Morfa Bychan Sand, Wales, but was saved and bought by John Evans, Aberystwyth.
1847 June 12 [Monday]: Sailed with Welsh emigrants from Lledrod, Mynydd-bach, and Taihirion-y-rhos for Canada. The total number on board, including infants and the crew, amounted to 462.
1848 February 26: Abandoned in the Bay of Biscay in a sinking condition after four of the crew had been washed overboard.

Updated 1995-04-17 by Lars Bruzelius

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