Royal Edward (1864 ship)

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History
United Kingdom
NameRoyal Edward
OwnerH. Fairnie & Sons
OperatorRed Cross Australia Line
BuilderWestwood, Baillie, and Co., London Yard Ironworks, Isle of Dogs, London
Launched1864
HomeportLiverpool
FateAbandoned in a sinking state on 11 July 1886
General characteristics
Class and typeClipper
Tonnage1,508 GRT
Tons burthen3500 (bm)
Length223 ft 5 in (68.10 m) (Hull)
Beam36 ft 8 in (11.18 m)
Depth24 ft 0 in (7.32 m)
Complement25

Royal Edward was an iron-hulled clipper launched in 1864. She sailed in the packet trade between England and Australia for the Red Cross Australia Line until she was abandoned on 3 July 1886 in a sinking state; her crew were rescued.

Captain Robert S. M'Cleave sailed Royal Edward from Sheerness on 20 April 1786. She was sailing to Melbourne with a cargo of bagged salt. When she was at

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40°S 27°W / 40°S 27°W / -40; -27 around 30 June she encountered a hurricane force gale that damaged her. She also took on water. After three days of pumping the crew was exhausted when fortuitously the Norwegian barque Bellona came up and at great risk on 3 July rescued the crew, whom she delivered to Sydney.[3] The entry for Royal Edward in Lloyd's Register for 1886 has the notation "abandoned" under her name.[1]

A subsequent inquiry found that Royal Edward had been sound when she left England, and not overloaded.[4] It exonerated the master and crew for the decision to abandon her.[5]

Citations and references[]

Citations

  1. ^ a b Lloyd's Register (1886), Seq.№R580.
  2. ^ Institution (1892), Vol. 33, p.38.
  3. ^ The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957) Sat 14 Aug 1886, p.10, A DISASTROUS VOYAGE.
  4. ^ The Brisbane Courier (Qld. : 1864 - 1933) Thu 26 Aug 1886, P.6 ABANDONMENT OF THE ROYAL EDWARD. .
  5. ^ Grey River Argus Volume XXXIII, Issue 5701, 28 September 1886.

References

  • Institution of Naval Architects (1892) Transactions of the Institution of Naval Architects, Vol. 33.
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