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BRECHIN CASTLE

BRECHIN CASTLE WAS A THREE MASTED IRON COMPOSITE VESSEL OF 1,056 BUILT IN 1869 BY A STEPHEN & SONS LTD OF KELVINHAUGHT

HER FIRST OWNERS WERE GREGOR TURNBULL BUT SHE WAS MANAGED BY J R GREIG OF GLASGOW.

ON SHE LEFT NEW YORK ON 6TH OCTOBER 1883 BOUND FOR CALCUTTA BUT ON 10TH DECEMBER 1883 SHE HAD TO BE ABANDONED OF CAPE OF GOOD HOPE AND WAS WRECKED

POSSIBLY THIS WAS THE ALBION LINE CHARTERED VESSEL - A GREAT MANY SHIPS BORE THIS NAME OVER THE YEARS 



BRECHIN CASTLE

BRECHIN CASTLE A VESSEL OF 147 TONS DATING BACK TO 1826 DID A VOYAGE FROM LIVERPOOL TO LAGUIRA WITH CAPTAIN KENNEDY IN COMMAND


 

BRECHIN CASTLE
 

BRECHIN CASTLE 1840 A VESSEL OF 371 TONS.

SHE MADE  A VOYAGE FROM LONDON TO PORT ADELAIDE IN 1846

WRECKED NEAR THE MUMBLE IN 1847 ALL CREW AND PASSENGERS LOST.



BRECHIN CASTLE
 

BRECHIN CASTLE LEFT CANTON ON 18TH OCTOBER 1864 BOUND FOR GEORGETOWN GUYANA ( BRITISH ) AND ARRIVED ON 26TH JANUARY 1865

 

BRECHIN CASTLE ARRIVED IN TRINIDAD MONDAY MAY 13TH 1861 CARRYING INDIAN WORKERS

 

I THINK THIS VESSELS NAME IS SPELT BECHIN CASTLE - THIS IS PROBABLY INCORRECT




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