FLYING SCUD / CESTRIAN

FLYING SCUD WAS A VESSEL OF 1,713 TONS BUILT BY METCALF & NORRIS IN DAMARISCOTTA

SHE SEEMS TO HAVE BEEN SOLD IN NEW YORK IN 1854

ON MARCH 23RD 1854 SHE SAILED FROM NEW YORK UNDER THE COMMAND OF CAPTAIN PATTEN FOR LIVERPOOL

ON 28TH SEPTEMBER 1854 SHE SAILED FROM NEW YORK UNDER THE COMMAND OF CAPTAIN W BEARSE FOR MELBOURNE 

SHE  WAS CHARTERED IN 1855 BY THE WHITE STAR LINE FOR A VOYAGE FROM LIVERPOOL TO NEW YORK AND THEN ONTO GEELONG / MELBOURNE

IN 1856 SHE SAILED FROM NEW YORK TO BOMBAY

IN 1859 SHE ARRIVED IN LIVERPOOL HAVING COME FROM BOMBAY 

THE SAME YEAR SHE SHE SEEMS TO HAVE MADE A VOYAGE FROM NEW YORK TO LIVERPOOL ARRIVING ON 26TH SEPTEMBER WITH CAPTAIN T BAXTER IN COMMAND

ON 5TH FEBRUARY  1861 SHE SAILED FROM WHAMPOA ( CHINA ) TO NEW YORK

IN 1861 SHE WAS  PARTLY SOLD

IN 1862 SHE SAILED FROM NEW YORK TO SAN FRANCISCO

IN 1863 SHE WAS SOLD TO J THOMPSON OF LIVERPOOL AND RENAMED 'CESTRIAN' AND PUT ON THE ENGLAND - INDIA ROUTE

SHE WAS THEN SOLD TO G H PICKERING OF LIVERPOOL WHO OWNED HER BETWEEN 1865 AND 1871

THE BELOW REFERENCES FOR VESSELS CALLED FLYING SCUD ARE FOR REFERENCE ONLY - NO WHITE STAR LINE CONNECTION

FLYING SCUD

FLYING SCUD WITH CAPTAIN WICKS IN COMMAND SAILED FROM HONG KONG TO SAN FRANSICO IN DECEMBER OF 1870 CARRYING A CARGO OF SILK, RICE AND OPIUM ( ILLEGAL CARGO )

THE VESSEL 'CURRENCY LASS' HAD FOUNDERED ON MIDWAY ISLAND AND THE SURVIVORS IN FEBRUARY OF 1871 WERE TAKEN ONBOARD BY THE FLYING SCUD.CAPTAIN WICKS DEMANDED MONEY FOR THEIR RESCUE WHICH WAS REFUSED.

CAPTAIN WICKS AND HIS CREW WERE KILLED BY THE CASTAWAYS WHO  THEN ATTEMPTED TO SAIL THE FLYING SCUD BUT BEING UNFAMILIAR WITH THE COMPLICATED RIGGING THE VESSEL WENT ASHORE ON A REEF AND WAS LOST. THEY WERE PICKED UP BY A BRITISH WARSHIP AND TAKEN TO SAN FRANSICO WERE THE LOSS OF THE FLYING SCUD WAS REPORTED

FLYING SCUD

FLYING SCUD WAS BUILT / LAUNCHED IN JUNE OF 1868.SHE WAS A SCHOONER OF 40 TONS. 

 SHE WAS LOST FROM THE RGISTRY BY 1904

FLYING SCUD

LEFT GREYTOWN, NIGCARAGUA ON 28TH APRIL 1868 BOUND FOR NEW YORK WITH  CAPTAIN GOVERT IN COMMAND

FLYING SCUD

FLYING SCUD WAS A VESSEL OF 348 TONS.HER MASTER WAS CAPTAIN WILLIAM PICK

SHE SAILED FROM GOPAULPORE BOUND FOR LONDON ARRIVING ON 24TH MAY 1880

SHE PUT INTO ? FOR WATER AND ANCHORED, BUT DUE TO ADVERSE WEATHER THE CABLES PARTED AND THE VESSEL WAS LOST