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Allahabad (ship)

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History
NameAllahabad
OwnerThomas Wall Stephens
BuilderLiverpool
Completed1864
FateDisappeared 1886
General characteristics
Tonnage

Allahabad was an iron-hulled full-rigged ship, built in Liverpool in 1864. She was later re-rigged as a barque and disappeared in 1886 on a voyage from Scotland to New Zealand.

Construction and service

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Allahabad was launched on 19 September 1864 by W H Potter & Company in Liverpool, as an iron full-rigged ship of 1,185 registered tons.[1] She had a length of 205.6 feet (62.7 m), a beam of 34.7 feet (10.6 m), and she had a 22.5-foot (6.9 m) depth.[2] The ship was built for the shipowner James Baines & Co. of Liverpool and began her maiden voyage from there, to Calcutta, on 10 December 1864.[3][4]

In 1877 she was re-rigged as a barque and re-measured as 1,191 tons gross and 1,143 net register tons.[5] At the time of her loss she was the property of Thomas Wall Stephens of London and him being the managing owner.[6]

Loss

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Allahabad last left Glasgow on 2 July 1886, with a crew of 20 and a cargo of 1,712 tons, of which 1,635 was coal, bound to Dunedin, New Zealand. Having been signalled on 7 July off the Tuskar, she was on 4 September following, spoken, in about 29°S 28°W / 29°S 28°W / -29; -28 by the ship South Australian. From that time she has not been seen or heard of, and never arrived at her destination.[7][8]

Citations

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  1. ^ Lloyd's Register of British & Foreign Shipping. London: Lloyd's Register of Shipping. 1877. Retrieved 13 June 2022.
  2. ^ Lloyd's Register of British & Foreign Shipping. London: Lloyd's Register of Shipping. 1865. Retrieved 13 June 2022.
  3. ^ Mercantile Navy List and Maritime Directory. London: Registrar General of Shipping and Seamen. 1865. p. 15. Retrieved 15 June 2022 – via Crew List Index Project.
  4. ^ "Shipping Intelligence". The Liverpool Mail. No. 2112, vol.XXXV. 17 December 1864. p. 7. Retrieved 14 June 2022 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  5. ^ Lloyd's Register of British & Foreign Shipping. London: Lloyd's Register of Shipping. 1878. Retrieved 13 June 2022.
  6. ^ "Allahabad". Mariners.records.nsw.gov.au. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 23 July 2015.
  7. ^ "No.3205 - "Allahabad"" (PDF). London: Board of Trade. May 1887. Retrieved 13 June 2022 – via Southampton City Library.
  8. ^ "4 Feb 1887 - ENGLISH SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. [BY GABLE.]". Trove.nla.gov.au. Retrieved 23 July 2015.