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Wapping

Names and owners

Year

Name

Owner

1886 Wapping F. Green & Co.
1888 Wapping Sheffield Neave

Fate

Wapping left Hartlepool at 1am on 29 November 1891 on a voyage for London with a cargo of 800 tons of coal & a crew of 15. She was wrecked north of Flamborough Head on 29 November 1891.

The Board of Trade Inquiry found the master, George Skelton, in default & his certificate was suspended for 3 months.