Affghan

Official Number 26249

The Affghan was a ship built at Whitehaven by Lumley Kennedy & Co. in 1851. She was owned by the Boadle family and operated in the East India trade.

The Affghan was reduced to a barque rig and was owned in South Shields when she was lost. She left the Tyne on the 19th November 1875 for Garrucha, under the command of Capt.Mathews and with a cargo of coal. She was not heard of again, though a lifeboat was picked up. She was owned by Allan & Co. at the time of her loss, and had a crew of fourteen, mostly belonging to South Shields.

Sources :

1. "Shipbuilding in Whitehaven - A Checklist" by Harry Fancy, Whitehaven Museum (1984).
2. Lloyd's Register of Shipping 1851-2 (Supplement): Affghan, ship, yellow-metalled in 1851, 598 tons om, 675 nm, owned by Boadle & Co., registered at Whitehaven, master Capt.W.Boadle, voyage Whitehaven - Calcutta.
3. Lloyd's Register of Shipping 1854-5: Affghan, ship, yellow-metalled in 1851, 598 tons om, 675 nm, owned by Boadle & Co., registered at Whitehaven, master Capt.I.Colebank, voyage London - India.
4. Mercantile Navy List 1860 - Affghan, ON 26249, 675 tons, registered at Whitehaven, signal letters PKHV.
5. Clayton's Register of Shipping, 1865: ship, 675 tons, owned by William Boadle, of Liverpool, registered at Whitehaven, master Capt.Colebank.
6. Mercantile Navy List 1867 - Affghan, 1023 tons, owned by Mary Boadle, Birkenhead.
7. Lloyd's Register of Shipping 1868-9: Affghan, ship, yellow-metalled in 1869, 598 tons om, 675 nm, owned by Boadle & Co., registered at Whitehaven, master Capt.J.Fisher, voyage Liverpool - India, then London - Singapore.
8. Lloyd's Register of Shipping 1874-5: Affghan, ship, yellow-metalled in 1869, 598 tons om, 675 nm, no owner named, official no.26249, signal letters PKHV, registered at London, master Capt.J.Fisher.
9. Loss reported in the Liverpool Mercury, Tuesday, 4th January 1876.
   

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