| History | |
|---|---|
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| Name | Morning Light |
| Owner |
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| Port of registry | |
| Builder | William and Richard Wright, Wilmot, Nova Scotia |
| Laid down | 1855 |
| Launched | 1856 |
| History | |
 Germany | |
| Owner | Jacob Fritz |
| Acquired | 1881 |
| Out of service | 1889 |
| Renamed | J.W. Wendt |
| Fate | wrecked and abandoned, 1889 |
| General characteristics | |
| Length | 265.3 ft (80.9 m) |
| Beam | 44.1 ft (13.4 m) |
| Draught | 21.1 ft (6.4 m) |
| Propulsion | sail |
Morning Light was a wooden sailing ship. Her size was 265.3’ by 44.1’ by 21.1’. Launched in 1856, she weighed 2377 tons. She was registered at Saint John, New Brunswick until 1867. She was made of tamarack, oak, birch and pitch pine. Her last voyage was in 1889. She was wrecked and abandoned. Her last known cargo was iron and oil.[1]
- ^ Charles A. Armour, Thomas Lackey, Sailing Ships of the Maritimes, McGraw-Hill, Ryerson Limited, 1975