Category: Sir Robert Sale (1843)

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The sailing ship “Sir Robert Sale” was a vessel of 741 tons (re-measured in 1875 to 704 tons); 138.3 x 29.9 x 20.5 feet (length x breadth x depth of hold); poop 48 feet long, forecastle 21 feet 8 inches (1877 re-measured at 22 feet) long. It was built in 1843 of East Indian teak at Moulmein, Burma, and was owned by T. and W. Smith (Basil Lubbock in "The Blackwall Frigates", p.245, Brown, Son and Ferguson Ltd, Glasgow, reprinted 1973). The "Sir Robert Sale was re-rigged as a bark in 1867/68.

The ship was named after General Sir Robert Sale, a British army officer who won fame in the first Afghan war before being killed in battle in India in 1845.

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Sir Robert Sale, sailed 13 Jun 1847 (0, 32, 0)

Sir Robert Sale, Arrived 30 May 1850 (0, 10, 0)

Sir Robert Sale, Arrived 5 Jul 1852 (0, 17, 0)

Sir Robert Sale, Arrived 29 Oct 1864 (0, 3, 0)

Sir Robert Sale, Arrived 5 Oct 1868 (0, 10, 0)

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