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Official Number
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The Grassendale was the first iron ship built at the Workington shipyard of R.Williamson & Son, launched in January 1882. She was a full-rigged ship, and had been built at a cost of £ 22,400 for the Liverpool firm of R.W. Leyland & Co.
On the 17th May 1884 the Grassendale, commanded by Capt. Richardson and with a crew of 29, departed New York, bound for Shanghai. She carried a cargo of 72,500 barrels of petroleum, and the master's wife and children were aboard as passengers. The ship was sighted off Rio de Janeiro on the 30th August, but was never seen again. In October some barrels carrying the same markings as those aboard the Grassendale were recovered from the sea near the Sunda Straights, Indonesia (see Source 1)..
From the New York Times, 22nd January 1885, page 8.A second Grassendale was launched from the same shipyard in 1885, also for RW Leyland & Co.PROBABLY LOST IN A HURRICANE
The British ship Grassendale left this port for Shanghai on May 17 last. A vessel, supposed to be her, was sighted on Oct.20 about 360 miles from Shanghai. Soon afterwards a terrific hurricane came up and nothing has since been heard of the Grassendale. It is believed that she was lost during the hurricane with all on board. It is not certain that she was the vessel seen 360 miles from Shanghai, but her agents, Bowring & Archibald, of No.39 Broadway, have no doubt that the missing vessel has foundered. She took out a crew of a little less than 30 men, under the command of Capt.Richardson, an experienced English shipmaster. The cargo consisted of 72,000 cases of refined oil. The Grasssendale was a large vessel. She measured 1,800 tons and was less than three years old. She was built at Workington, England, and was owned by R.W.Leyland & Co., of Liverpool. Her agents think that both the vessel and the cargo were insured.
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