COSPATRICK

BUILT IN MOULMEIN IN INDIA IN 1856 FOR DUNCAN DUNBAR OF LONDON.SHE WAS A VESSEL OF 1119 TONS.

SHE WAS PURCHASED BY SHAW SAVILL & CO IN 1873 .

 SHE LEFT GRAVESEND IN 1874  WITH ABOUT 500 EMIGRANTS/CREW ONBOARD BOUND FOR AUCKLAND,NEW ZEALAND.

SHE CAUGHT FIRE A FEW HUNDRED MILES SOUTH WEST OF CAPE TOWN AND WAS LOST WITH ALMOST 500 LIVES. TWO OF THE SHIPS BOATS GOT AWAY FROM THE BLAZING VESSEL, BUT BECAME SEPARATED IN BAD WEATHER.ONE OF THE VESSELS WITH 39 PEOPLE IN IT WAS NEVER SEEN AGAIN. THE OTHER BOAT, WHICH HAD FORTY ODD PEOPLE IN IT SUFFERED MUCH HARDSHIP THIRTY-EIGHT  OR SO DYING BEFORE THE BOAT WAS SPOTTED BY THE " BRITISH SCEPTRE " ON VOYAGE FROM CALCUTTA TO SCOTLAND.

ONLY THREE PEOPLE WERE TO HAVE SURVIVED FROM THE COSPATRICK.