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Gleniffer - a general history

Gleniffer 1851-1858

Built at Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island: Official No. 12299: Code Letters LBGV: one deck; three masts; wood barque; 389t; 118.2 x 26.0 x 18.2.

Owners: 1851 Messrs McGill, Prince Edward Island; London; March 1857 Riton Oldham, John Costy Wishart, Alexander Brodie & James Perry, Hartlepool; 1858 Henderson & Co, Shields.

Masters: 1858 Humpreys.

On a voyage from Fleetwood for Quebec Gleniffer was totally lost in Pistolas Bay, Straits of Bellisle on 3 September 1858. No lives lost.

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