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Official Number
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Official Number
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The Raj Mahal was a full-rigged ship, built at the Brocklebank shipyard at Whitehaven, and was reportedly the largest vessel built by them. She operated in the Calcutta trade for T & J Brocklebank & Co. and carried a crew of 33.
Captain James T.Rorison, born 1817, was master of the Raj Mahal and the Sumatra, and died at sea whilst in command of the Raj Mahal in 1864. Capt. Rorison's son, Capt. James A. Rorison, was master of the Brocklebank ships Burdwan and Bowfell, as well as the Tantallon Castle, Knight Templar, Drucalion and Achilles.
The Raj Mahal sailed from Liverpool on the 27th September1870 in company with the Bowfell, both vessels bound for Calcutta. Despite only seeing each other once during the passage (off Tristan da Cunha), both ships arrived in Calcutta within one hour of each other, on the 14th January 1871.
In 1883 the Raj Mahal was bought by Capt. H. Williams, of Bangor,
North Wales. After leaving the Mersey on the 2nd August 1883, bound for
Bombay with a coal cargo, the Raj Mahal was last seen on the 20th
October in the Indian Ocean. She was lost with all hands.
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