Allahabad (ship) explained

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

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 205.6feet, a beam of 34.7feet, and she had a 22.5feet 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

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°N -28°W by the ship South Australian. From that time she has not been seen or heard of, and never arrived at her destination.[7] [8]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Lloyd's Register of British & Foreign Shipping . 1877 . Lloyd's Register of Shipping . London . 13 June 2022.
  2. Book: Lloyd's Register of British & Foreign Shipping . 1865 . Lloyd's Register of Shipping . London . 13 June 2022.
  3. Book: Mercantile Navy List and Maritime Directory . 1865 . Registrar General of Shipping and Seamen . London . 15 . 15 June 2022. Crew List Index Project.
  4. News: Shipping Intelligence . 14 June 2022 . The Liverpool Mail . 2112, vol.XXXV . 17 December 1864 . 7. British Newspaper Archive.
  5. Book: Lloyd's Register of British & Foreign Shipping . 1878 . Lloyd's Register of Shipping . London . 13 June 2022.
  6. Web site: Allahabad . Mariners.records.nsw.gov.au . 2015-07-23 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304185412/http://mariners.records.nsw.gov.au/1881/12/019all.htm . 4 March 2016 . dead . dmy-all .
  7. Web site: No.3205 - "Allahabad" . Board of Trade . London. May 1887 . 2022-06-13. Southampton City Library.
  8. Web site: 4 Feb 1887 - ENGLISH SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. [BY GABLE.] |publisher=Trove.nla.gov.au |date= |accessdate=2015-07-23].

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