LANGSTONE

BUILT IN 1869, BY WILLIAM PILE OF SUNDERLAND, FOR H ELLIS OF LONDON. SHE WAS A VESSEL OF 1020 TONS.HER OFFICIAL NUMBER WAS 60950. SHAW SAVILL & CO PURCHASED HER FROM H ELLIS OF LONDON IN 1873. IN 1872 SHE WAS COMMANDED BY CAPTAIN W TURNBULL. FROM 1879 TO 1882 SHE WAS COMMANDED BY CAPTAIN FERGUSON. IN 1883 HER CAPTAIN WAS CAPTAIN TONKIN.IN 1888 WHILE STILL IN THE NAPIER ROADSTEAD HER CARGO OF WOOL IGNITED, THE FIRE WAS PUT OUT, BUT NOT BEFORE AN ESTIMATED �5000 OF CARGO HAD BEEN DAMAGED.  SHE WAS SOLD IN 1895 TO A NORWEGIAN COMPANY.