OMAR PASHA

OMAR PASHA BUILT IN 1854 BY WALTER HOOD AT ABERDEEN, SHE WAS A VESSEL OF 1.279 TONS.

 IN 1869 WHILE ON THE RETURN VOYAGE FROM BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA AND IN THE  VICINITY OF THE AZORES, SHE CAUGHT ON FIRE AND HAD TO BE ABANDONED. SHE HAD NINETY-EIGHT  CREW AND PASSENGERS ONBOARD, ALL WERE PICKED UP SAFELY.

 HER NAME IS SOMETIMES REPORTED INCORRECTLY AS BEING OMAR PACHA.

OMAR PASHA

OMAR PASHA A SCOONER OWNED BY WORTS & WILMOT CARRYING A CARGO OF WHEAT WENT AGROUND 24TH/27TH NOVEMBER 1860 ON STONEY ISLAND.SHE HAD BEEN ON VOYAGE FOR ST VINCENT.
THE COOK WAS THE ONLY FATALITY.

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