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KHANDEISH

KHANDEISH WAS A 3 MASTED IRON VESSEL  OF 1,004 TONS. SHE HAD BEEN BUILT BY ROBERT DUNCAN & CO OF GLASGOW IN 1864 AND  LAUUCHED IN OCTOBER OF THAT YEAR

SHE WAS LAUNCHED  AS A BRITISH SHIP BUT CHANGED HER  NATIONALITY TO INDIAN  WHEN SHE WAS  SOLD TO THE  BOMBAY IRON SHIP COMPANY OF MUMBAI.

IN 1868 SHE WAS OWNED BY NICHOLSON & CO OF LIVERPOOL

THE WHITE STAR LINE CHARTERED HER FROM NICHOLSON & CO OF LIVERPOOL IN 1871 AND SHE LEFT FOR AUSTRALIA ON 25TH FEBRUARY 1871 WITH CAPTAIN J SENNET IN COMMAND.

SHE LEFT MELBOURNE ON FEBURARY 27TH 1873 ARRIVED IN PORT ADELAIDE MARCH 4TH 1873

 SHE RAN AGROUND ON THE REEFS OF OENO ISLAND ( 22.49 NORTH 130 WEST ) ON 25TH SEPTEMBER 1876 AND WAS ABANDONED. THE CREW TOOK TO THEIR LONG BOATS AND REACHED PICAIRN ISLAND.

  ITS UNCLEAR AS TO WHO OWNED HER WHERE WHEN SHE WENT AGROUND  ( THOU SOME SOURCES QUOTE NICHOLSON & CO OF LIVERPOOL BEING HER OWNERS AT THE TIME, WHICH MAY WELL BE  CORRECT ) SHE WAS COMMANDED  AT THE TIME BY CAPTAIN JOHN SKELLY

THE VESSEL ENNERDALE BOUND FOR SAN FRANSICO ARRIVED ON 19TH NOVEMBER AND TOOK ALL THE CREW EXCEPT ONE BACK TO SAN FRANSICO WHERE THEY FOUND THEIR OWN WAY BACK TO LIVERPOOL.

PETER BUTLER WAS THE CREW MAN WHO REMAINED BEHIND ON THE ISLAND MARRYING A LOCAL WOMAN WITH WHOM  HE HAD THREE CHILDREN WITH, BUT LEFT IN 1878 ON A PASSING SHIP LEAVING HIS FAMILY BEHIND

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