Tayleur

Clipper in Ireland, dating from 1854

UKHO wreck no. 009000112. 1,979-ton, newly built barque-rigged iron sailing clipper. Measured L. 76.2m x B. 12.2m x D. 6.4m. Owned by Pilkington & Wilson’s White Star Line, captain was John Noble. En route from Liverpool to Melbourne, 56 crew, fourteen stewards, 458 passengers. Cargo included farm machinery, 40,000 roof slates, 10,000 bricks, fireplaces, slate headstones, crockery, general kitchen items, lamps, linen tinplate, 100 tonnes of coal, 250 tonnes of stone ballast and the hull of a riv

Type:
Clipper

Period:
1854

Coordinates:
53.49°N, 6.00°W

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