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History United Kingdom Name Windsor Castle Namesake Windsor Castle Owner
1857: Richard Green
1882: Elias Cox
Port of registry London Builder William Pile , Sunderland Launched 12 March 1857 Completed May 1857 Identification
Fate Wrecked 1884 General characteristics Type wooden-hulled sailing ship Tonnage 1,075 GRT , 1,075 NRT Length 195.5 ft (59.6 m ) Beam 36.2 ft (11.0 m ) Depth 22.5 ft (6.9 m ) Sail plan full-rigged ship Complement 21
Windsor Castle sailing ship that was built in England in 1857 and wrecked off the coast of Cape Colony in 1884.
Building [ edit ]
William Pile built Windsor Castle in his North Shore shipyard in Sunderland , launching her on 12 March 1857 and completing her that May.[1] m ), her beam was 36.2 feet (11.0 m ) and her depth was 22.5 feet (6.9 m ). Her tonnages were 1,075 GRT and 1,075 NRT .[2]
The ship was built for Richard Green, who registered her in London . Her United Kingdom official number was 15822 and her code letters were LTVQ.[3]
Windsor Castle in port
Windsor Castle sailed between England and Australia. The Queensland Migrant Shipping records show her carrying passengers between 1877 and 1881.[citation needed
In 1876 Captain N Harrison was Windsor Castle ' s Master .[4]
After she was extensively overhauled in July 1882, the government[clarification needed sometimes chartered the ship to transport troops to Zanzibar and Sydney .[citation needed
In 1882 Elias Cox of Bridport , Dorset bought Windsor Castle .[1] Lloyd's Register Mercantile Navy List she was re-registered in Bridport.[5] [6]
In 1884 Windsor Castle was sailing from Cochin to London when a cyclone on 27–28 June washed the third officer overboard and swept away her rudder. She drifted for the next 12 days. Her remaining crew of 21 men then set her afire, abandoned her 35 nautical miles (65 km ) off the coast of Algoa Bay , Cape Colony. The Norwegian barque Ophir rescued the crew.[1] [7]
A Royal Navy service record showing time served on the transport Windsor Castle
References [ edit ]
^ Mercantile Navy List . Retrieved 28 May 2022 – via Crew List Index Project.
^ "Vessels to arrive" . The Courier 4 . Retrieved 8 April 2011 .
^ Lloyd's Register of British and Foreign Shipping . Retrieved 28 May 2022 – via Internet Archive .
^ Mercantile Navy List . Retrieved 28 May 2022 – via Crew List Index Project.
^ Chipchase, Nick; Lettens, Jan (10 August 2015). "SV Windsor Castle (+1884)" . Wrecksite . Retrieved 28 May 2022 .
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