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List of shipwrecks in May 1841

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The list of shipwrecks in May 1841 includes ships sunk, foundered, wrecked, grounded, or otherwise lost during May 1841.

1 May

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List of shipwrecks: 1 May 1841
Ship State Description
Brothers  United Kingdom The Galway hooker was wrecked near Ballyheigue, County Galway. Her four crew survived.[1]
Champion  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Sorkholm Reef, in the Baltic Sea.[2]
Stambol Austrian Empire The steamship was driven ashore and wrecked near Sinope, Ottoman Empire. Her crew were rescued.[3]

2 May

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List of shipwrecks: 2 May 1841
Ship State Description
Cambridge  United Kingdom The ship was sunk by ice in the Baltic Sea. Her crew were rescued by a Russian ship. She was on a voyage from Reval, Russia to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.[4][5]
Clyde  United Kingdom The ship struck rocks off Cooley Point, County Louth and sank. She was on a voyage from Workington, Cumberland to Annagassan, County Louth.[6]
Exchange  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Kettleness Steel, off the coast of North Riding of Yorkshire. She was refloated and taken into Whitby.[7]
Harmony  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Whitby Rock, off the coast of Yorkshire.[8] She was refloated the next day.[7]
Johanna Sophia  Netherlands The ship capsized and sank off Helsingør, Denmark with the loss of two of her crew. She was on a voyage from Stralsund to Schiedam, South Holland.[9] Johanna Sophia was refloated on 22 May. She was subsequently taken into Copenhagen, Denmark for repairs.[10]
Prince of Wales  United Kingdom The ship was run aground and was damaged on the Whitby Rock. She was refloated the next day.[8][7]

3 May

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List of shipwrecks: 3 May 1841
Ship State Description
Clytie  United Kingdom The ship struck rocks off Coolie Point, County Louth and sank. She was on a voyage from Workington, Cumberland to Drogheda, County Louth.[11]
Effort  United Kingdom The ship ran aground and was severely damaged at Llanelly, Glamorgan. She was on a voyage from Llanelly to London.[12]
Jackson  United Kingdomp The ship struck a rock off the Mount of Corby, County Louth and sank. Her crew were rescued.[13]
Medway  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Thisted, Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Saint Petersburg, Russia.[2][14][15]
North Briton  United Kingdom The ship was sighted off Anjer, Netherlands East Indies whilst on a voyage from Singapore to London. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[16]

4 May

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List of shipwrecks: 4 May 1841
Ship State Description
Chance  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Hull, Yorkshire.[12]
Lively  United Kingdom The billy boy was wrecked on the Buxey Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Goole, Yorkshire to London.[17][18]
Starbeck  United Kingdom The ship ran aground off Lymington, Hampshire. She was on a voyage from Newport, Isle of Wight to Southampton, Hampshire. Starbeck was later refloated and resumed her voyage.[11]
Susan  United Kingdom The ship foundered off "Darlington". Her crew were rescued.[12]
Union  United Kingdom The brig ran aground on the Nore. She was later refloated.[11]

5 May

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List of shipwrecks: 5 May 1841
Ship State Description
Codrington  United Kingdom The ship ran aground at Antigua. She was on a voyage from Antigua to London. She was refloated the next day and resumed her voyage on 7 May.[19]
Dispatch  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked off Sanda Island, Argyllshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Dundalk, County Louth to Greenock, Renfrewshire.[20]
Frederico  Spain The brig capsized in the Atlantic Ocean (29°30′N 67°30′W / 29.500°N 67.500°W / 29.500; -67.500) whilst bound for Puerto Rico. Her nine crew took to a boat. They were rescued on 6 June by Sylphe ( France).[21]

6 May

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List of shipwrecks: 6 May 1841
Ship State Description
Dalmarnock  United Kingdom The ship ran aground at Dundee, Forfarshire. She was on a voyage from Dundee to Saint Thomas, Virgin Islands. Dalmarnock was refloated and resumed her voyage.[22]
Express United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland New South Wales The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Gerringong.[23]
Mary Ann  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and damaged at Margate, Kent. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to London. Mary Ann was refloated and taken into Margate.[6]
Olivia Dantzic The barque ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent. She was on a voyage from London to Bremen. Olivia was refloated and put into Harwich, Essex, United Kingdom.[6][18]
Sonne  Hamburg The ship ran aground on the Half-ebb Rock, off Harwich and was damaged. She was on a voyage from Maldon, Essex to Hamburg.[24]

7 May

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List of shipwrecks: 7 May 1841
Ship State Description
Diadem  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Shoreham-by-Sea, Sussex.[24]

8 May

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List of shipwrecks: 8 May 1841
Ship State Description
Breeze  United Kingdom The brig was wrecked on Scatterie Island, Nova Scotia, British North America. All on board, the crew and 150 passengers, were rescued. She was on a voyage from Limerick to Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America.[25]
Paragon  United Kingdom The ship was in collision with Susquehanna ( United States) in the Atlantic Ocean (43°20′N 26°30′E / 43.333°N 26.500°E / 43.333; 26.500) and was severely damaged. Her crew were taken off the next day by London ( United Kingdom). Paragon was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Halifax, Nova Scotia.[19][25][26]
Rival  United Kingdom The trow was wrecked at Sand Point, Somerset. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Highbridge to Pill.[27]
To Systra  Prussia The ship ran aground and sank off Hanö, Sweden. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Memel to Leith, Lothian, United Kingdom.[15]

9 May

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List of shipwrecks: 9 May 1841
Ship State Description
Isabella  United Kingdom The ship was sunk by an iceberg in the Atlantic Ocean (44°02′N 48°45′W / 44.033°N 48.750°W / 44.033; -48.750). Her crew took to the boats. One of them died before the survivors were rescued on 11 May by Kingston ( United Kingdom). Isabella was on a voyage from London to Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America.[25]

10 May

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List of shipwrecks: 10 May 1841
Ship State Description
Mary Scott  United Kingdom The brig was run into by Brooklyn ( United States) and sank in the Irish Sea with eight of her fifteen crew. Survivors were rescued off the Isle of Man by a Manx fishing boat. Mary Scott was on a voyage from Valparaíso, Chile to Liverpool, Lancashire.[28][18][29]
Premier  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore and wrecked on Fårö, Sweden. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to Hull, Yorkshire[30]

11 May

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List of shipwrecks: 11 May 1841
Ship State Description
Bernard  United Kingdom The brig was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands, Kent with the loss of all hands.[31]
Catherine United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland British North America The brigantine ran aground on the Horseshoe Reef and was damaged. She was on a voyage from Miramichi, New Brunswick to Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom. Catherine was later refloated and resumed her voyage.[32][33]
Eliza and Ann  United Kingdom The ship sank at Gloucester.[34]
Isabella  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Kingstown, County Dublin. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Algiers, Algeria. Isabella was refloated and taken into Kingstown.[34]
Memnon  United Kingdom The ship ran aground off the coast of India and was wrecked. She was on a voyage from Bombay to Liverpool.[35]

12 May

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List of shipwrecks: 12 May 1841
Ship State Description
Elizabeth  United Kingdom The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at Cape Breton Point, Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, British North America with the loss of seven crew. She was on a voyage from Falmouth, Cornwall to Miramichi, New Brunswick, British North America.[25]
City of Perth  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at "St. Louis", Republic of Texas. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from St. Louis to Liverpool, Lancashire.[36]
St. Petersburg  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on St. Paul Island, Nova Scotia, British North America. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Richibucto, New Brunswick, British North America.[36]

13 May

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List of shipwrecks: 13 May 1841
Ship State Description
Ganges  United States The ship ran aground off "Mattacunbia" and was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana to Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure, France. Ganges was refloated on 26 May and taken into Key West, Florida Territory.[36]

15 May

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List of shipwrecks: 15 May 1841
Ship State Description
John  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near Cape North, Nova Scotia, British North America. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Miramichi, New Brunswick, British North America.[36]

16 May

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List of shipwrecks: 16 May 1841
Ship State Description
Beeze  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore on Paul's Island, Labrador, British North America.[37]

17 May

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List of shipwrecks: 17 May 1841
Ship State Description
Earl of Durham  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on the "Walla Grundt". She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Riga, Russia. She was refloated on 19 May and taken into Landskrona, Sweden for repairs.[38]
Elizabeth United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland New Zealand The schooner was wrecked on a reef off the Poor Knights. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from the Bay of Islands to Auckland.[39]
Hope and Athlone  United Kingdom The brig was wrecked on the south east coast of Gotland, Sweden. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Saint Petersburg, Russia.[30]
Isabella  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Parton, Cumberland. She was on a voyage from Whitehaven, Cumberland to Belfast, County Antrim.[40]
John Lloyd  United Kingdom The ship ran aground at Youghal, County Cork. She was on a voyage from Youghal to Newport, Monmouthshire. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[41]
Raby Castle  United Kingdom The brig ran aground on the Nore. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to London. She was refloated the next day with assistance from three luggers.[40][5]

18 May

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List of shipwrecks: 18 May 1841
Ship State Description
Catapilco  United States The brig was wrecked in a hurricane at Acajutla, El Salvador.[42]
Diana  Hamburg The ship struck a sunken rock off "Fugla Island" and was damaged. She was on a voyage from St. Ubes, Portugal to Hamburg. Diana put into Hammerfest, Norway for repairs.[43]
Isadora  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Vizagapatam, India.[44][45]
James Tamer  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Long Point, Nova Scotia, British North America. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Miramichi, New Brunswick, British North America.[46]
Mary Ann  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on Point Escuminac, New Brunswick.[47]
Mersey  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Fox Island Gully, New Brunswick. She was later refloated.[47]
Minstrel  United Kingdom The brig was wrecked on the Red Island Reef with the loss of 148 of the 156 people on board. She was on a voyage from Limerick to Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America.[48]

19 May

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List of shipwrecks: 19 May 1841
Ship State Description
Clarence  United Kingdom The ship ran aground in the Saint Lawrence River.[37]
Devereux  United Kingdom The ship was severely damaged in a gale at Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America.[37]
Java  United Kingdom The ship was severely damaged in a gale at Quebec City.[37]
Venture  United Kingdom The ship was severely damaged in a gale at Quebec City.[37]
Welsford  United Kingdom The ship was severely damaged in a gale at Quebec City.[37]
Wensleydale  United Kingdom The ship was severely damaged in a gale at Quebec City.[37]
William Dawson  United Kingdom The ship was severely damaged in a gale at Quebec City.[37]

20 May

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List of shipwrecks: 20 May 1841
Ship State Description
Amelie  France The ship was lost on "Magdalene Island", near "Goree". Her crew were rescued. She had sailed from Havana, Cuba.[49]
Donna Pascoa  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Calcutta, India. She was on a voyage from Calcutta to Bombay.[50]
Highland Chief  United Kingdom The ship caught fire in the Saint Lawrence River and was scuttled. She was on a voyage from Leith, Lothian to Montreal, Province of Canada, British North America.[37]
Ida  Prussia The ship ran aground and was wrecked off Rattray Head, Aberdeenshire, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Stettin to Liverpool, Lancashire.[4][15]
Regia  United Kingdom The grab brig was destroyed by fire off the north west coast of Ceylon with the loss of four of her 21 crew.[51]

21 May

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List of shipwrecks: 21 May 1841
Ship State Description
Annandale  United Kingdom The brig was wrecked in the Magdalen Islands, Province of Canada, British North America. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Quebec City, Province of Canada.[36][52]
Cornelius  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Monsicar Reef, in the Mediterranean Sea off Malta. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Alexandria, Egypt to Falmouth, Cornwall.[53]
Crown  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Budleigh Salterton, Devon. Her crew were rescued.[41]
Watchful  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Anholt Reef, in the Baltic Sea. She was on a voyage from Memel, Prussia to London. Watchful was later refloated.[54]

22 May

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List of shipwrecks: 22 May 1841
Ship State Description
Agra  United Kingdom The brig was wrecked at Palmyras Point, India and was abandoned the next day. Six people in one boat were rescued by Colonel Newall ( United Kingdom). No trace of the 14 people in the second boat. She was on a voyage from Mauritius to Calcutta, India.[35][55]
Royal Adelaide  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground in the River Thames at Erith, Kent. She was on a voyage from London to Leith, Lothian.[56] Royal Adelaide was refloated on 24 May.[57]

23 May

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List of shipwrecks: 23 May 1841
Ship State Description
Wallace  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on Grand Manan Island, New Brunswick, British North America. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Saint John, New Brunswick.[58]

24 May

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List of shipwrecks: 24 May 1841
Ship State Description
Admiral Benbow  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked in the Bay of Fundy near Campobello Island, New Brunswick, British North America. Her crew were rescued.[52]
Agra  United Kingdom The ship was lost off Point Palmyras, India. She was on a voyage from Mauritius to Calcutta, India.[45]

25 May

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List of shipwrecks: 25 May 1841
Ship State Description
Henry Wellesley  United Kingdom The barque went ashore near Calais, France, and was wrecked. She was on a voyage from London to Hobart, Van Diemen's Land.
Jannette  Belgium The ship was in collision with Fortuna ( Danzig) in the English Channel off The Casquets and was abandoned by her crew. She was on a voyage from Antwerp to Guernsey, Channel Islands. Jannette was towed into Salcombe, Devon, United Kingdom on 27 May.[59][54]
Maria  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands, Kent. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Ipswich, Suffolk to Liverpool, Lancashire.[38]
Miranda  United Kingdom The full-rigged ship was wrecked on "Reeas Island". Her crew took to the boats and reached Sourabaya, Netherlands East Indies.[60]
Watchful  United Kingdom The ship ran aground off Anholt, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Memel, Prussia to Limerick. Watchful was later refloated.[61]
Wilsons  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Middle Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to London.[10]

26 May

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List of shipwrecks: 26 May 1841
Ship State Description
Eliza  United Kingdom The schooner ran aground at Hayle, Cornwall.[59]
Young Benjamin  United Kingdom The ship ran aground and was damaged on the Cabe Rocks, Cornwall. She was refloated the next day.[54]

28 May

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List of shipwrecks: 28 May 1841
Ship State Description
George Marriott Trieste The ship was wrecked on Grand Bahama. She was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana, United States to Trieste.[62][63]
Sampson  United Kingdom The brig ran aground off the coast of Newfoundland, British North America. All passengers on board were landed. She was on a voyage from London to New York, United States. Sampson was refloated and taken into Whitehead, Nova Scotia, British North America.[30][64]
Zwei Gebruders Lübeck The ship was driven ashore at Bremen and abandoned by her crew. She was on a voyage from Lübeck to Hull, Yorkshire, United Kingdom.[61]

29 May

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List of shipwrecks: 29 May 1841
Ship State Description
Anna  United Kingdom The brig was wrecked on the coast of Arakan. She was on a voyage from Calcutta, India to Moulmein, Burma.[51]
Edina  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Torbay, Newfoundland, British North America. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Matanzas, Cuba to Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America.[65][66]
Edward and Margaret  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Gore Sand, in the Bristol Channel with the loss of two of her crew. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Bridgwater, Somerset.[67]
Lady Douglas  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on "Cape Le Have", Nova Scotia, British North America. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Savannah, Georgia, United States to Halifax, Nova Scotia.[65]
Rosehill  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the North Bank, in Liverpool Bay. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Dunkerque, Nord, France.[68]
Samson  United Kingdom The ship struck a rock at Whitehead, Nova Scotia and was wrecked. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to New York, United States.[36][69]

30 May

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List of shipwrecks: 30 May 1841
Ship State Description
Margarets  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the London Chest, in the Baltic Sea. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Saint Petersburg, Russia. Margarets was refloated and completed her voyage.[70]

31 May

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List of shipwrecks: 31 May 1841
Ship State Description
Eugenie  France The brig foundered off Rodrigues, Mauritius. Her crew were rescued.[71]

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List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in May 1841
Ship State Description
Alarm  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Gunfleet Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex before 29 May. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to London.[54]
Albion  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Red Island Reef before 20 May, having been abandoned before 15 April. She was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire to Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America.[37][52]
Charles  United States The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean off British Honduras on or before 7 May, her crew possibly having been attacked. She was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana to Bordeaux, Gironde, France.[72]
Content  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on Saltholm, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Rostock to Preston, Lancashire. Content was refloated and put into Copenhagen, Denmark for repairs, arriving on 15 May.[15]
Elizabeth United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland New Zealand The schooner was wrecked on a reef between the Bay of Islands and Auckland. Her crew were rescued.[73]
Elizabeth Ann  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Stornoway, Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides. She was refloated on 8 May.[40]
Harriett United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland New Zealand The cutter was presumed to have foundered whilst on a voyage from Wellington to Auckland. No trace was ever found.[73]
Hiram  Netherlands The ship caught fire whilst on a voyage from Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure, France to Vera Cruz, Mexico. She put into "St. Marks", where she was consequently condemned.[74]
Lord Wenlock  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on Saaremaa, Russia. She was on a voyage from Dantsic to Saint Petersburg, Russia. Lord Wenlock was refloated and taken into Saint Petersburg for repairs. She arrived on 27 May.[43]
Mary Atkinson  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged at Lowestoft, Suffolk. She was refloated on 11 May.[41]
New Brunswick  United Kingdom The ship ran aground off the Isle of Grain, Kent. She was on a voyage from Savannah, Georgia, United States to Chatham, Kent. New Brunswick was refloated on 21 May.[41]
Olga  Russian Empire The ship was driven ashore at "Alt Salls". She was refloated and taken into Pärnu, where she arrived on 16 May.[43]
Olivia Danzig The barque ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent, United Kingdom. she was refloated but subsequently came ashore between Landguard Fort and Felixtowe, Suffolk, United Kingdom.[75]
Sarah  United Kingdom The ship ran aground and sank at Galveston, Republic of Texas. She was on a voyage from Galveston to Liverpool, Lancashire.[69]

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