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Friday 13 February 2015

British bark Glamorganshire underway from China towards England according to the Dutch newspaper Java-bode dated 3 January 1870

An item dated 1st reported the passing of the Sunda Strait by the British ship Glamorganshire captain T.G. Gilley leaving Foochow, China on 15 December 1869 bound for London, England.(1)

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1. Bark, tonnage 479 tons, dimensions 148.0’x 27.5’x 17.5, built in 1869, owned by J. Jenkins, London, England, with iron beams.