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MALACCA

MALACCA A VESSEL OF 594 TONS OWNED BY T H ISMAY ( 1868 )

THE BELOW TWO VESSELS ARE FOR REFERNCE ONLY - NO WHITE STAR LINE CONNECTION

MALACCA / FLORIDA

MALACCA / FLORIDA WAS A IRON BARQUE OF 1,610 TONS WITH A 1 SCREW 250 HP ENGINE .

SHE HAD BEEN BUILT BY PALMER BROTHERS & CO AND LAUNCHED ON 1ST NOVEMBER 1860

SHE WAS OWNED BY CHARLES PALMER OF NEWCASTLE IN 1860.

SHE WAS SOLD TO OVERSEAS COMPANY

 THEN SOLD TO FERMIE HENRY & WILLIAM FERNIE OF LIVERPOOL AND RENAMED FLORIDA.

SHE WAS SOLD TO THE BRITISH & SOUTH AMERICAN STEAMSHIP CO OF LIVERPOOL

ON 19TH MARCH 1867 ON VOYAGE FROM LIVERPOOL TO ALEXANDRIA SHE FOUNDERED OFF BALLYCOTTON

  THERE WAS ANOTHER VESSEL BEARING THE NAME MALACCA VESSEL WHICH LEFT  COQUIMBO BOUND FOR PORT ADELAIDE IN 1854