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Acaster - a general history

Completed December 1882: Official No. 86946: Code Letters HFLP: Code Letters HDPW.

Owners: 1882 Perry Raimes & Co, West Hartlepool; 1883 W Bagshaw, West Hartlepool; 1884 John Wood & Co (Albion Chambers) West Hartlepool; 1889 Robert Livingston & Co, West Hartlepool; 1891 Livingston, Conner & Co, West Hartlepool; 1896 A/S Ganger Rolf (Bertrand Heyerdahl mgr) Kristiana, Norway-renamed Jeanne d’Arc; 1900 A/S Ganger Rolf (Fred Olsen mgr) Kristiana, Norway; 1908 A/S Kerguelen ( Storm, Bull & Co mgrs) Kristiana, Norway; 1912 D/S A/S Granli (Thygo Sorensen & Lie mgrs) Kristiana, Norway-renamed Granli; 1913 A/S PO Haavik (Andreas Simonsen mgr) Haugesund, Norway-renamed P.O. Haavik.

Masters: 1882-86 Thomas Spink; 1890-91 Pickthorn; 1892-94 R Humphrey; 1895 GJ Phillips; 1909 T Ring.

Voyages: 9 December 1886 Acasterleft Honfleur bound for the Tyne in water ballast & with a crew of 19. On 22 December 1886 she stranded near Newbiggin-by-the-Sea & was later refloated.

Crew December 1886:

Sanderson, Edward Brown, chief mate


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