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Burlington - a general history

Official No. 67526: Code Letters LDQR.

Owners: 1872 Septimus J Glover & Co, West Hartlepool; 1876 Glover Bros. & Co. West Hartlepool; 1882 Jacob Lohden & Co, West Hartlepool; 1893 Thompson, Elliott & Co, West Hartlepool; 1896 Burlington Steam Shipping Co. Ltd. Sunderland..

Masters: 1873 R Reaveley; 1878-81 T Jefferson; 1881 C Smith; 1882 W Wilkinson; 1885-87 G Gaul; 1891-93 JH Storm; 1893 G Hollingshead; 1894-95 A Cordiner.

Bound from Cronstadt for Leith during fog as Burlington was entering Leith harbour on 2 October 1877 she struck the west pier which caused her considerable damage.

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