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John Middleton

Names and owners

Year

Name

Owner

1870 John Middleton Watts Milburn

Fate

On a voyage from Odessa with a cargo of grain on 7 March 1878 John Middleton was at anchor at Constantinople when a Turkish man-of-war ran into her. She was driven against the Turkish Nedj-Im Shefket & the British gunboat HMS Antelope which sustained some damage.