MALACCA - 1866
Posted: Tue Mar 03, 2020 3:22 am
After using it for over 30 years, I just noticed an surprising error in the P&O Fleet History (WSS 1988): the whole technical description section - even the Official Number! - of MALACCA (Richardson, Denton, Duck & Co Ltd, Hartlepool, Yd 60) has been repeated from the Denny-built GEELONG on the same page. Not properly proof-read, I suppose.
Unfortunately some of that data has been assimilated into other sources over the years - including Miramar, and a little bit here:
http://www.teesbuiltships.co.uk/view.php?ref=165592
So having rechecked with MNL, LR, newspapers suggest following:
original tonnages: 1683grt 1238nrt
later: 1873 1698grt 1037nrt; 1874 1709grt 1045nrt; 1890 1720grt 1071nrt
engined T Richardson & Sons, Middleton
laid down on spec
1865 bought by Anglo-Greek Steam Navigation & Trading Co Ltd - mng Stefanos Xenos, London
5/10/1865 launched as KING OF THE GREEKS
15/3/1866 trials (still as KING OF THE GREEKS)
27/3/1866 purchased by P&O
24/5/1866 reg London as MALACCA
11/8/1866 sailed Hartlepool for Southampton
c24/8/1866 sailed on maiden voyage to Bombay
.....
1882 sold to Sultan of Zanzibar
1890 sold to James Testaferrata, Alexandria - reg Bombay
1892 George A Essayan, Manchester
1894 reg Liverpool
26/9/1894 sailed Shields (after a period of lay-up) in tow tug NORDZEE for Rotterdam, for demolition.
The remaining question is: was MALACCA's engine replaced or compounded by Denny in 1873, or is that jusr another copy-over from GEELONG?
Unfortunately some of that data has been assimilated into other sources over the years - including Miramar, and a little bit here:
http://www.teesbuiltships.co.uk/view.php?ref=165592
So having rechecked with MNL, LR, newspapers suggest following:
original tonnages: 1683grt 1238nrt
later: 1873 1698grt 1037nrt; 1874 1709grt 1045nrt; 1890 1720grt 1071nrt
engined T Richardson & Sons, Middleton
laid down on spec
1865 bought by Anglo-Greek Steam Navigation & Trading Co Ltd - mng Stefanos Xenos, London
5/10/1865 launched as KING OF THE GREEKS
15/3/1866 trials (still as KING OF THE GREEKS)
27/3/1866 purchased by P&O
24/5/1866 reg London as MALACCA
11/8/1866 sailed Hartlepool for Southampton
c24/8/1866 sailed on maiden voyage to Bombay
.....
1882 sold to Sultan of Zanzibar
1890 sold to James Testaferrata, Alexandria - reg Bombay
1892 George A Essayan, Manchester
1894 reg Liverpool
26/9/1894 sailed Shields (after a period of lay-up) in tow tug NORDZEE for Rotterdam, for demolition.
The remaining question is: was MALACCA's engine replaced or compounded by Denny in 1873, or is that jusr another copy-over from GEELONG?