HINDOSTAN

HINDOSTAN WAS A 3 MASTEED  VESSEL OF 708 TONS AND HAD BEEN  BUILT IN GREENOCK 1840

 SHE WAS OWNED BY HAMMOND'S  AND REGISTERED IN LONDON HER MASTER WAS CAPTAIN JAMES LE BOEUF

SHE LEFT LONDON ON 2ND FEBRUARY 1854 AND ARRIVED AT PORT ADELAIDE ON 23RD MAY 1854.

SHE LEFT LONDON BOUND FOR SYDNEY 13TH FEBRUARY 1857

WITH CAPTAIN SMITH IN COMMAND AND 344 PEOPLE ONBOARD SHE LEFT LONDON ON MARCH 26TH 1874 ARRIVED AT THE SNARES ON THE 8TH JULY 1874 AND  AT PORT CHALMBERS ON THE 13TH JULY.

THERE WERE FOUR DEATHS AND THREE BIRTHS ON THE VOYAGE 

IN 1875 SHE WAS ON CHARTER TO SHAW SAVILL & CO AND LEFT LONDOIN ON 10TH FEBRUARY 1875 ARRIVING IN WELLINGTON ON 22ND MAY 1875 WITH 159 PASSENGERS ONBOARD ( WHICH HINDOSTAN IS THIS VOYAGE ATTRIBUTED TO ? )

SHE WAS WRECKED IN A CYCLONE AT CALCUTTA IN 1864 ALLEDGEDLY REBUILT ONLY TO BE LOST IN ANOTHER CYCLONE IN 1879 NEAR BOMBAY

THERE WERE SEVERAL VESSELS CALLED HINDOSTAN IN A SIMLIAR TIME FRAME AND ITS DIFFICULT TO SEPERATE THE VOYAGES OUT WITH ACCURACY

HINDOSTAN / VALKYRIAN / WAIMATE

HINDOSTAN WAS AN IRON FULLY RIGGED SHIP BUILT IN 1874 BY J BLUMER & CO OF SUNDERLAND. SHE WAS LAUNCHED FOR THE BRITISH EASTERN SHIPPING CO OF LIVERPOOL

SHE WAS SOLD IN 1875 TO THE NEW ZEALAND SHIPPING CO OF LONDON AND WAS RENAMED WAIMATE

IN 1896 SHE WAS SOLD TO G A LINDBLOM AND WAS RENAMED VALKYRIAN WITH CAPTAIN A W SMITSLUND IN COMMAND AND RE RIGGED AS A BARQUE IN 1897

SHE WAS IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA  IN 1898 AND  SAILED FROM NEWCASTLE NSW ON AUGUST 9TH 1898  AND WAS NEVER SEEN AGAIN  

SHE  LEFT LONDON ON 28TH APRIL 1887 BOUND FOR OTAGO WITH 274 PASSENGERS ONBOARD  SHE WAS ON CHARTER TO THE ALBION LINE.

 HINDOSTAN / WAITARA

HINDOSTAN BUILT IN 1863 AND WAS A IRON 3 MASTED VESSEL OF 833 TONS BUILT BY REIDS OF PORT GLASGOW

SHE WAS OWNED BY D & J MACDONALD OF LIVERPOOL

ALSO OWNED BY BRITISH & EASTERN SHIPPING CO

OWNED BY NEW ZELAND SHIPPING CO IN 1873

SHE WAS RENAMED WAITARA IN 1874

SHE MADE TEN VOYAGES TO NEW ZEALAND

LENGTHENED IN 1881 AFTER STRANDING

COLLIDED WITH THE VESSEL HURUNUI ON 26TH JUNE 1883 AND SANK

SHE WAS IN BLUFF IN 1875

HINDOSTAN

HINDOSTAN A CHILEAN VESSEL OF 1,547 TONS BUILT IN 1874 BY NEVINS OF ST.JOHN

BURNT AT SEA IN MARCH 8TH 1900 IN THE NORTH PACIFIC  SHE CARRIED A CREW OF 22 WHO TOOK TO THE SHIPS BOAT AFTER 6 HOURS OF FIGHTING THE FIRE TO NO AVAIL. SAILED A 1,000 MILES TO THE MARQUESAS IN ELEVEN DAYS

HINDOSTAN

A BRITISH VESSEL OF 1,194 TONS ON VOYAGE FROM LEITH TO RIO DE JANERIO AROUND 5TH AUGUST 1895 CAUGHT ON FIRE IN THE ATLANTIC AND WAS LOST

BITS & PIECES

HINDOSTAN A VESSEL OF 1,262 TONS  REGISTERED IN LIVERPOOL COMMANDED BY CAPTAIN DAVID ANDERSON MADE A VOYAGE FROM LONDON TO SYDNEY

  THERE WAS A VESSEL CALLED WAIMATE WHICH WAS SOLD TO THE RUSSIANS AND RENAMED  VALKYRIAN ( NO MENTION OF HINDOSTAN )

P & O SHIP HINDOSTAN A VESSEL OF 2,018 TONS BUILT BY THOMAS WILSON & CO LIVERPOOL IN 1842 TUENED INTO A HULK IN 1862