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Blanche - a general history

Official No. 29471: Code Letters QFSP.

Owners: 1863 William Gray, John Punshon Denton, Jens Christian Nielsen, James Douglas (Presbyterian minister) Robert Gray (Blyth) Henry Taylor (Liverpool) & James Monks (Durham) Hartlepool: 1873 Robert Gray (Stockton-on-Tees) Hartlepool: 1875 William Newman junior (Bondican Terrace, Blyth) Hartlepool

Masters: 1863 J Smith. 1863-71 Mossman: 1871-74 P Bartols: 1875-76 Jasper Tate: 1877-80 J Smith: 1880 J Wandless.

Voyages: 8 October 1863 arrived at Shanghai from Hartlepool: 29 November 1866 bound from Hartlepool for Alexandria proceeded to Ramsgate in tow to restow her cargo.

Bound from St Ubis for Rotterdam with a cargo of salt the Blanche was stranded at Needlestone Point, Isle of Wight on 14 September 1880 & broken up in 1881.  Notation in 1881/82 Lloyds Register

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