The particulars given below, concerning the vessels belonging to Fleetwood, will form an interesting and useful accompaniment to the foregoing:—
New Vessels[1] Broken-up Transferred to
Registered. Lost at Sea. (condemned). other Ports.
Year. No. Tons. No. Tons. No. Tons. No. Tons.
1850 — — — — — — — —
1851 — — 1 83 — — 1 27
1852 — — — — — — — —
1853 3 199 2 62 — — 1 44
1854 1 128 — — — — 8 1003
1855 2 104 1 595 — — 5 562
1856 3 484 1 23 — — 4 294
1857 8 364 1 26 — — — —
1858 5 239 4 1050 — — 1 54
1859 3 97 5 739 — — 3 726
1860 3 865 — — 1 29 2 74
1861 8 1012 — — — — 7 518
1862 5 534 1 416 — — 12 1844
1863 2 226 4 1308 — — 4 318
1864 2 201 9 3363 — — 3 666
1865 2 273 1 538 — — 2 517
1866 4 520 5 1449 1 16 2 64
1867 3 439 6 605 — — 2 214
1868 5 588 — — — — — —
1869 6 512 1 518 — — — —
1870 8 1610 2 683 2 65 1 424
1871 10 991 — — — — 2 339
1872 15 1588 3 427 — — 1 42
1873 19 2921 6 1966 — — 2 120
1874 15 2928 5 2304 1 32 — —
1875 9 2410 4 2021 1 16 4 300
Now that the dock is no longer a mere word and promise, but has at length a definite signification and a material existence, there is every appearance that those into whose hands the fortunes of the port may be said to have been entrusted have no intention of any dilatory action in furthering the interests of their charge. Already, in 1875, a powerful steam dredger has been purchased at a cost of £12,000 and set to its labours in the channel and harbour. This dredger, which has superseded the older and much smaller one, launched in 1840 and
- ↑ Newly-built vessels registered for the first time, the other vessels belonging
to the harbour being transferred from other parts and re-registered here.
