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Athelstan - a general history

Official No. 24968: Code Letters PDBM.

Owners: 1834 Thomas & Robert Brown (Jarrow) Shields; March 1834 George Burdis (Newcastle-on-Tyne) Shields; February 1835 Thomas Richardson (Sunderland) Shields; March 1837 (purchased for £2,600) Hartlepool General Shipping Co, Hartlepool; 30 May 1844 (purchased for £1070) Mr Cooper, Shields; March 1845 Thomas Barker, North Shields.

Masters: March 1834 James Watson Bell; 1843 Burgess; April 1846 William Peck; January 1847 Robert Thomas; March 1847 George Dining; April 1847-63 Alexander Benny (b.1813 North Shields).

Miscellaneous: June 1843 bound for Archangel they saved one of the crew of the Falcon of London which foundered along with the master, Cairns, & the 12 remaining crew; Athelstan was advertised to be auctioned on 7 November 1855 at South Shields & again in December 1874.

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