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Templar - a general history

Templar 1845-1860

Built by William Richard Abbay, Sunderland: Official No. 1228: Code Letters HJCT: one & a break deck; two masts; wood barque sheathed in yellow metal; 285g; 96.5 x 22.9 x 16.2; male bust figurehead; repairs to damage 1851; new keelson & some repairs 1856; repairs to damage 1856.

Owners: 1845 William Richard Abbay, Sunderland; September 1845 Robert Airey & George Walters, Sunderland; August 1853 James Harry, Liverpool; 1854 William Cuthbert, Liverpool; February 1859 (bought for £1,150 & converted to a brig) William Gray & Francis Walter, Hartlepool.

Masters: 1845-53 Richard Marshall; 1853 R Harrison; 1854-58 James Harry; 1859 F Walter.

On a voyage from Cardiff for London she put into Weymouth on 14 October 1859 with 10 feet of water in her hold after stranding on Kimmeridge Lodges near St Alban’s Head. The water was reduced by about 40 men from HMS Blenheim continually pumping.

On a voyage from Sunderland for Amsterdam Templar was lost near the island of Tershelling on 28 May 1860. Crew saved. A name board washed ashore at Amsterdam in June 1860.

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