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ROYAL STANDARD

 ROYAL STANDARD'S MAIDEN VOYAGE WAS FROM LIVERPOOL TO MELBOURNE ON 23RD NOVEMBER 1863.THE SHIPS CAPTAIN DIED ON THE VOYAGE. SHE WAS SOLD TO SWIRE & CO OF LIVERPOOL IN 1866. SHE HIT AN ICEBERG IN 1864 BUT MANAGED TO GET TO RIO DE JANEIRO FOR REPAIRS. ALTHOUGH SHE WAS DRIVEN BY STEAM, IT WAS NOT PRACTICAL AS THE ENGINES JUST WERE NOT POWERFUL ENOUGH,SHE COULD EASILY BE OVERTAKEN BY A SAILING SHIP SO HER ENGINES  WERE REMOVED BY SWIRE'S. IN 1869 SHE WAS WRECKED ON THE BRAZILIAN COAST NEAR SAO TOME JUST TO THE NORTH OF RIO DE JANERIO ON 10TH OCTOBER 1869

ROYAL STANDARD

THE PICTURE IS FROM APPROXIMATELY 1885. MOST LIKELY NEVER  CHARTERED BY THE WHITE STAR LINE, THAT VESEEL ( ABOVE ) WAS WRECKED IN 1869