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| Length (feet) : | 135.0 |
| Breadth (feet) : | 21.3 |
| Depth (feet): | 11.3 |
| Gross Registered Tonnage (g.r.t.) : | 235 |
| Net Registered Tonnage (n.r.t.) : | 250 |
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| Additional Particulars : | Iron barque; 2 bulkheads. |
Braintree - a general historyOfficial No. 43992; Code Letters TRGQ.
Owners: 1862 T & C Nichols & Co (Leadenhall Street) London: 1867-74 Dumont & Co, Havre, France 1867-renamed Marcel.
Masters: 1862-66 George Ellery: 1866-67 Henry Stephens.
Voyages: February 1863 from Algoa Bay for Plymouth: for London with sugar, wool & cotton loaded at Port Natal, & wool, sheep & goat skins loaded at Algoa Bay she stranded 6 miles SE off the Lizard on 10 February 1865, rounded the Cape of Good Hope on 4 December 1864, touched at Ascension Island on 26 December & crossed the line on 1 January 1865: left East London on 6 August 1867, rounded the Cape on 17 August, touched at St Helena on 31 August & Ascension on 7 September & was sailing back to London in October 1867 with bales of wool.
Not in Lloyds register after 1874/1875 as Marcel.
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