The schooner Vixen in Neapolitan waters

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A. de Simone (fl.1860-1900)
The schooner Vixen in Neapolitan waters
signed, indistinctly dated and inscribed 'Schooner "Vixen" of Peterhead A Barclay Master' (centre) and 'De Simone 18..' (lower right)
bodycolour
12 x 18 in. (30.4 x 45.8 cm.)

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The wooden trading schooner Vixen was built by Stephen's at Peterhead in 1870. Owned by W. Sangster & Co. of the same port, she was registered there at 188 tons gross (180 net) and measured 109½ feet in length with a 23½ foot beam. Sold to J.E. Prettyman of Pentewan, Cornwall, in 1891, her home port then became Fowey and she traded successfully until 1907 when, on 8^th March, whilst on passage from London to the Tyne, she stranded and was wrecked in a Force 9 gale near Sea Palling, Norfolk.

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