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Currah - a general history

Currah ?-1855

Foreign built, place & date unknown: previously Emer: Official No. 630: Code Letters HDPW: one deck; two masts; carvel built wood schooner; 66g; 68.9 x 14.4 x 6.9.

Owners: 1853 Robert Fawcus, James Stephenson, & William Ramsey, Hartlepool; 1854 Peter Cutler, Hartlepool.

Masters: 1853 John Work; June 1854 Lancelot Bell; 1855 John Work.

Currah was wrecked near Tynemouth on 21 December 1855. Lloyds’ agents, R Popplewell & Co, were the overseers for the stripping of the wreck.

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