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Hewson - a general history

Hewson 1843-1875

Built by Kirkbride & Carruthers, Sunderland: Official No. 15419: Code Letters LSFV: one deck; two masts; square stern; carvel built wood brig felt sheathed in zinc; 233g; 87.2 x 25.7 x 15.2; repairs to damage 1846; new deck & some repairs 1850; some repairs 1852.

Owners:
July 1843 Shallet Hewson, North Shields
November 1854 David Alfred Hewson & George Tweedy Robson (died September 1857) North Shields 1857 Shallett Hewson & David Alfred Hewson (died January 1864) North Shields
January 1864 Thomas Oliver, South Shields
March 1865 Elizabeth Ruddock & William Willis (master mariner) Hartlepool
1866 William George Jackson (grocer) Hartlepool
February 1869 Daniel Robinson (master mariner) Hartlepool
1869 Daniel Robinson & Elizabeth Ruddock, Hartlepool
1870 Elizabeth Ruddock & Thomas Henry Cornforth (painter) Hartlepool
June 1872 Joseph Henry Atley, Hartlepool
October 1872 Joseph Henry Atley, Thomas Appleby, Robert Ropner & John Callender, Hartlepool.

Masters: July 1843 Shallet Hewson; August 1843 David Alfred Hewson; July 1852 Samuel Nichols; July 1852 John Middleton; 1854-56 David Alfred Hewson; 1853-62 John Lonsdale; 1874 Smith; 1875 J McDowell.

Voyages: 1856 Shields for the Baltic; 31 August 1865 from Fredrickshaven for Hartlepool she was stranded at Kalbaden in the Baltic & was abandoned. She was eventually re-floated & taken to Ekenas, was repaired & re-registered in 1866; 25 March 1874 advertised for sale by auction at the King’s Head Hotel, Hartlepool.

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