BENAN 1875-1888

Benan painting unknown artist c1875

Description

Iron 3 Masted Sailing Ship

Construction

Iron

Size

1415 tons length 73.9m beam 11.2m draft 6.8m

Built

1875 by Barclay, Curle & Co Glasgow

Owner

William Thompson and Co. Master: John Burns

Sunk

1888/12/13

Location

South of Point Cloates

Latitude/Longitude

(-22.741516667, 113.6745)

Sinking

Wrecked and sunk en route from Cardiff to Hong Kong with Cargo of Coal

Underwater

Ship broke up and little remains today

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