Northfleet (ship)

The Northfleet photographed on the Thames a few days before her loss.
History
NameNorthfleet
Owner
  • Duncan Dunbar (1853-)
  • John Patton, Jr., London (-1873)
BuilderNorthfleet, Kent
Launched1853
FateSunk in a collision on 22 January 1873
General characteristics
Tonnage
Length180 feet (55 m) pp
Beam32.3 feet (9.8 m)
Depth of hold20 feet (6.1 m)
Sail planFull-rigged ship

The Northfleet was a British full-rigged ship that is best remembered for her disastrous sinking in the English Channel in January 1873.

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