Tod & Macgregor Shiplist
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Yard No.: |
69 |
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Name: |
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Year: |
1853 |
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Description: |
Steamship |
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Tonnage: |
871 |
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Length: |
226¹ |
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Width: |
28.4 |
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H.P.: |
220 later 554² |
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Type: |
Iron. 2 steeple direct geared engined, 11psi² |
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Fate: |
Wrecked in a typhoon in the South China Sea 1854¹ |
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Notes:
Laid down for the Peninsular trade, although at once put on the Bombay-China run.
[British Passenger Lines of the Five Oceans, Commander C.R. Vernon Gibbs]
A typhoon disabled the new steamer Douro. She drifted out of control and grounded on the desolate islands of Paracel, 200 miles from anywhere in the South China Sea. Two officers patched up a boat and sailed it to Hong Kong for help, over 400 miles away: a famous small-boat voyage even in these days of sail.³
² [One Hundred Year History of the P. & O., Boyd Cable]
³ [The Story of P. & O., Howarth & Howarth]