HYDASPES

HYDASPES WAS A IRON SHIP OF 2,093 TONS BUILT IN 1852 BY C.MARE & CO AT BLACKWALL LONDON FOR THE GENERAL SCREW STEAM SHIP COMPANY ( NOT BUILT FOR PARK BROS THEY OWNED HER LATER  ) THE SHIPS MASTER WAS CAPTAIN E BABOT

SHE WAS A SISTER SHIP TO THE LADY JOCELYN.  SHE WAS FITTED WITH ENGINES AS WELL AS SAIL.SHE WAS USED BY THE GENERAL STEAMSHIP CO ON THEIR MAIL RUN FROM PLYMOUTH TO MADRAS VIA THE S.ATLANTIC ISLANDS, CAPE TOWN, MAURITIUS CEYLON.

 IN 1868 SHE WAS SOLD TO PARK BROTHERS, WHO REMOVED HER ENGINES AND SHE WAS CONVERTED BACK TO A SAILING VESSEL.

SHE SPENT A FAIR AMOUNT OF TIME CHARTERED TO SHAW SAVILL & CO

HER FINAL VOYAGE WAS ON A HOULDER BROTHER CHARTER

IN 1880 SHE WAS ON VOYAGE FOR MELBOURNE WHEN SHE WAS IN COLLISION IN FOG IN THE ENGLISH CHANNEL WITH THE STEAMSHIP 'CENTURION' AND SANK, ALL CREW AND PASSENGERS WERE SAFELY TAKEN ONBOARD CENTURION.

FOR THOSE INTERESTED IN WHAT LIFE ONBOARD WAS LIKE ONBOARD FOR PASSENGERS, I REFER YOU TO "SHAW SAVILL LINE - ONE HUNDRED YEARS OF TRADING" BY SYDNEY WATERS PAGES 45 THROUGH 50, WHERE THERE IS AN EXTRACT FROM THE DIARY OF THE WIFE OF THE SHIPS SURGEON DURING A VOYAGE FROM LONDON TO NEW ZEALAND IN 1869. 

HYDASPES

HYDASPES WAS BUILT IN 1872 BY WILLIAM DENNY & BROTHERS OF DUMBARTON.

SHE WAS A 3 MASTED SINGLE SCREW  IRON HULL VESSEL OF 2,984 TONS.

SHE WAS OWNED BY P & O BUT SOLD IN APRIL OF 1898 TO F GORE & T WHEELOCK

SHE WAS BROKEN UP IN 1898 AT SHANGHAI

FOR REFERENCE ONLY NO WSL OR SSA CONNECTION - SHE WAS IN SERVICE AT THE SAME TIME AS THE SSA CHARTERED VESSEL