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Mary Lee | Official Number
18260 |
The Mary Lee was barque built at Maryport by Robert Ritson in 1859. She was initially owned by J.McNeil and was registered at Maryport.
The Cumberland Pacquet and Ware's Whitehaven Advertiser, Tuesday,
3rd April 1860, page 8;
" Holyhead, March 30 - Put in, the barque Mary Lee,
of Maryport, from Liverpool for Hong Kong, with the late master, Capt.Archibald
Lister, dead: a heavy sea having broke on board on the night of Wednesday
last, forcing the master against the stanchions and lee bulwarks, and causing
him so much injury that he died before reaching port this morning."
The Mary Lee was owned in Maryport until sold to Swedish owners in 1882.
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