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Wingate Grange - a general history
Official No. 22377; Code Letters NLFS.
Owners: JP Denton & William & Robert Ord, Hartlepool; 1847 William Wear, Scarborough; 1862 Robert Clark, Hartlepool.
Masters: 1840 Henderson; 1841 Brown; 1841-46 Richardson; 5 March 1847 Samuel Cammish; July 1847 McDonald; August 1847 Samuel Cammish; October 1848-64 William Barker; 1865 J Jowsey; 1866 Robert Clark; 1867-68 Simpson.
Voyages: 24 April 1858 arrived Swansea from Havre; 19 August 1866 lying at anchor in Victoria Dock with a cargo of Shotton gas coal when there was an explosion of gas aboard causing a crewman, George Levrie, aged 24, to be badly burnt on the head & hands. A second explosion shortly after caused another crewman, William Hanley, aged 19, to receive burns on the face & hands. There was also considerable damage to the vessel; January 1865 advertised for sale by auction; 1 September 1868 arrived Liverpool from Hartlepool; 3 November 1868 arrived Liverpool from Hartlepool.
On 20 October 1869 Wingate Grange went ashore during fierce gales at Salthouse, Cromer. She was broken up & auctioned in November 1869.
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