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Newton

Names and owners

Year

Name

Owner

1883 Newton J.F. Sawle
1886 Lowlands Hardy Wilson & Co.

Fate

On a voyage from Bremerhaven for Newport, Monmouthshire in ballast & with a crew of 18 she was totally wrecked in 50.53.45N/04.34W near Sharpnose Point on the north coast of Cornwall during a dense fog & a heavy swell on 21 March 1886. No lives were lost.

Masters: 1885 RCS Bracknell; 1886 Nicholas Keen.