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Cathaya | Official Number
47623
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The Cathaya was a full-rigged ship built by Charles Lamport
at
Workington in December 1863. By 1895 she was still registered at
Liverpool,
but had been reduced to barque rig some time after 1890. The vessel was
wrecked and totally lost at Gurupi in August 1898. The crew were saved.
Charles Lamport had built a previous ship named Cathaya
(ON 25850) in 1850.
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Name
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Year Built
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Gross Tons
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Length (feet)
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Breadth (feet)
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Depth (feet)
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Masts
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Figurehead
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Stern
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Lloyd's Classn.
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Cathaya
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1863
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700
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178.1
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32.2
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20.7
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3
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Sources :
- Mercantile Navy List 1867: Cathaya, 790 tons, official number 46723, signal letters
VPJS, registered at Liverpool, owned by William Nicol.
- Mercantile Navy List 1880: Cathaya, barque, 790 tons, built at Workington in 1863, official number 46723, signal letters
VPJS, registered at London, owned by Godfrey A.Baker, of 23 John Street, Bedford Row, London.
- The register of the Cathaya was closed in 1898 (The National Archives, ref.BT 110/15/66)
- Loss reported in the Standard (London
newspaper), Tuesday, 31st August 31 1898, page 8. The report was from
"Para" (Parahyba) so Gurupi is probably in Brazil.