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Economy - a general history

Built at Sunderland: Official No. 5186: Code Letters JGPR

Owners: by 1823 T Garner; by 1841 Appleyard, Scarborough; by 1857-63 George Appleyard junior, Scarborough; by 1865 F English (ship chandler, Hartlepool) Scarborough; by 1867-68 Thomas E Pyman (West Hartlepool) Scarborough; 1874 Dixon Taylor Sharper (West Hartlepool) Scarborough.

Masters: 1821-37 T Garner; 1841-54 Appleyard; 1855 J Peck; 1856 M Lattimore; 1857-62 G Appleyard; 1873-75 Smith.

Voyages: 1855 Hartlepool for France; 1857 Sunderland for Antwerp; 1859-63 Sunderland for France.

Bound from Folkestone in ballast Economy sprang a leak & ran into Filey Bay on 9 March 1875. Her crew of five were landed by local fishing boats.

At the Board of Trade inquiry the master, who held only a mate’s certificate, was found in default & was fined £5.

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