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Scindia | Official Number
47147 |
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Scindia | Official Number
47147 |
The Scindia was an iron full-rigged ship built by Pearse at Stockton,
launched in July 1863. She was built for Bushby & Edwards, of
Liverpool, who had two other vessels, the Belted Will and the Melbreak, built for them at Workington in the same year. All three vessels were registered at Workington.
The Scindia, Capt.Carr, made her maiden voyage from Liverpool
to Calcutta. For the return journey she departed Calcutta
bound for London on the 21st July 1864. Her cargo was 5040 bags rapeseed,
34030 hides, 35840 lb. tea, 7249 bags sugar, 1381 bags saltpetre, 210 bales
of cotton, 210 bags lae dye, 195 bags shellac, 2000 bags jute, silk, indigo,
etc., in total amounting to about 1200 tons. The voyage was uneventful
until the 12th September. Off Cape Agulhas the Scindia encountered
a SW gale and was thrown onto her beam ends in a heavy squall. After
four hours the main mast was cut away and the vessel partly righted. However,
the vessel was making water and had to be continuously pumped. Much of
the cargo, which was the vessel's only ballast, was soluble, and the crew
feared that as more of it was lost the vessel would capsize. When a vessel,
the Silver Eagle, was sighted, Capt.Carr decided to abandon ship.
They were safely taken off, and landed at St.Helena. The crew had thought
that the Scindia was taking in more water than was in fact the case,
being fooled by the large amount of water lodged on the 'tween decks. The
wreck did not sink, and as the weather moderated the Aminta, of
Liverpool, and the Alicia Annie, of Sunderland, fell in with the
wreck and together towed her into Algoa Bay, arriving on the 15th September
1864. Subsequently the Aminta was awarded £1000
for salvage, the claim of the Alicia Anne being denied after the
master was reported to have pillaged the derelict ship. The value of the
vessel and cargo was given as £40,000 to £50,000 in the Liverpool
Journal of Commerce, and she was fully insured.
The Scindia continued to operate for Bushby and Edwards into the 1870's.
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