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| History | |
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 United Kingdom | |
| Name | Lady Elizabeth |
| Owner | John Wilson (Messrs Wilson & Oliver)[1] |
| Port of registry | Great Britain &sq=Facebook&lang=en&file=File:Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom_(1-2).svg){kind=small} |
| Route | Between London & Fremantle, Western Australia |
| Builder | Robert Thompson Jr. Southwick, Sunderland, United Kingdom |
| Yard number | 40 |
| Launched | 26 June 1869 |
| Maiden voyage | 1869 |
| Fate | Struck a reef at Dyer Island near Fremantle, 1878 |
| Notes | Official ID #60966 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Passenger and cargo Barque |
| Type | Composite hull, Three-Masted Barque rig |
| Tonnage | 658 Tons |
| Length | 48.7 m (160 ft) |
| Beam | 9.3 m (31 ft) |
| Depth | 5.5 m (18 ft 1 in) |
| Decks | 1 |
| Propulsion | Sail |
Lady Elizabeth wrecksite | |
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| Coordinates: 32°01′8.76″S 115°32′51.00″E / 32.0191000°S 115.5475000°E |
Lady Elizabeth was a British ship built in 1869 by Robert Thompson Jr. of Sunderland. Robert Thompson Jr. was one of the sons of Robert Thompson Sr. who owned and operated the family ran shipyard J. L. Thompson & Sons. Thompson Jr. eventually left the family business in 1854 to start his own shipbuilding business in Southwick, Sunderland.[2] She was 658 tons and was classified as a barque cargo sailing ship with one deck and three masts. She had a keel and outer planking made from American rock elm and a fore end made from English elm. The stem was made of teak and English oak with an iron floor as the deck.[3] The ship also had copper and iron fastings. The ships was also registered in London under the name Wilson & Co. Messrs Wilson & Co. was based out of Sydney, Australia. The ship carried a comparative classification under American Lloyd's as "First class-third grade" (First Class under British Lloyd's)[4]
- ^ http://www.museum.wa.gov.au/collections/databases/maritime/shipwrecks/shipdetail.asp?ID=1278&Shipname=lady Western Australia Shipwreck Database
- ^ The Shipbuilding industry: a guide to historical records By L. A. Ritchie p.150
- ^ Henderson & Henderson, 1988:236
- ^ American Lloyd's Register of American and Foreign Shipping 1871 P.128Classification was used on a "Degree of Confidence" scale. First & second class implied confidence for the transportation of perishable cargos.