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Admiral Bingham - a general history

Owners: 1846 Thomas Cummings Gibson, London; 1851 (purchased for £1050) West Hartlepool Shipping Co, West Hartlepool

Masters: 1846-49 Wood; 1850 Ardwick; 1851 Wilkinson

February 1849 went ashore on Redcar Rocks but was re-floated.

Bound from Hartlepool for St Petersburgh Admiral Bingham struck on the island of Oesel off Filsand, Estonia on 21 May 1851 and sank. Her crew were saved. The vessel was purchased for £1050 & the loss on the vessel was £45.15s.3d. She was not insured.

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