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Fire Queen - a general history

Official No. 49805: Code Letters JGFN.

Owners: 1864 John Pile, J Spence & Thomas Miller, West Hartlepool: 1866 Thomas & J Harrison & Co, Liverpool: 1879 John Clark & Henry Swan in part payment for a vessel under construction by Chas Mitchell, Newcastle-on-Tyne: 1880 William Banks, Liverpool: 1887 R Beveridge, London: 1888 Christopher Furness, West Hartlepool: 1890 WF Conner, London: 1890 AF Anquetil et fils, Rouen, France-renamed Ferdinand A.

Masters: 1866-69 Williamson: 1872-74 J Day: 1877 Burley: 1878-86 Wilkinson: 1887-89 G Clark: 1890 Whiteman: 1893-94 Soulas.

Bound from Spain for Rouen with a cargo of wine Ferdinad A. was wrecked at Bervillo at the mouth of the Seine on 11 December 1894. Part of her cargo was saved.

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