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| Launched 1863: ss SEA KING |
ss SEA KING
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ss SEA KING
built by Alexander Stephen & Sons Glasgow,
Yard No 42
Last Name: EL MAJIDI (1867)
Previous Names: SHENANDOAH (1864), SEA KING (1865)
Port of Registry: Glasgow
Propulsion: Steam 220nhp
Launched: Tuesday, 18/08/1863
Built: 1863
Ship Type: Aux Composite Passenger Cargo Vessel
Ship's Role: Built for tea trade but see below!
Tonnage: 1018grt 790nrt
Length: 202.2ft
Breadth: 32.6ft
Owner History:
Robertson & Co Glasgow
1863 William Wallace & others, London
1864 Richard Wright, Liverpool
1864 Confederate States Navy
1865 Government of USA
1866 Matthew Isaac Wilson, Liverpool
1866 Sultan of Zanzibar
Status: Sunk - 9/1872
Web site: http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/sh-us-cs/csa-sh/csash-sz/shendoah.htm
Remarks: Of all the ships built on the Clyde this one has the most dramatic of fortunes! Whilst fitting out, agents of the Federal Govt of the USA eyed her with a view to a fast cruiser. Later after she had done her first stint taking troops to the Maori War and was en route to China for tea, the Confederates gave her a once over and when she arrived in London, there was an officer of that Navy on board. Then in secret on 18th October 1864 she met up with another ship whilst supposedly en route to Bombay with coal. She took munitions and supplies and was handed over to the Confederate Navy. She then embarked on a career as a raider with them and managed to capture or destroy 37 enemy ships during a worldwide sweep of the seas, doing so even after the Confederacy had collapsed, not knowing that the Civil War was over. She was later purchased by the Sultan of Zanzibar.
Damaged in hurricane at Zanzibar 15/4/1872, and later temporarily repaired
10/09/1872 sailed for Bombay with 130 passengers & crew, though still leaking, and sank a few days later.
Photo from above web page. Previous update by Paul Strathdee
Previous update by Bruce Biddulph
Last updated: by David Asprey from the original records by Stuart Cameron
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