Colombo

Ship Details

Rig

Iron Steamship

Built

1853

Tonnage

2127

Demise

wrecked on Minicoy Reef, Laccadive Islands on 19/11/1862 en route from Galle to Aden.

Description

Wrecked on Minicoy Reef, Laccadive Islands on 19/11/1862 whilst en route Galle to Aden. spent 11 days on Minicoy or malacoy before rescue and onward passage in Ottawa. Cargo and mail were recovered (Lloyd's Register);
"Fragments of a Journal saved from shipwreck" by F.W. Hoyle, published as a book by Trubner & Co, London. 1868, ATL, MS-1039;

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