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Delta - a general history

Owners: William S Bailey, Hull; 1864 Messageries Maritimes, Marseilles, France; 1871 Compagnie des Messageries Maritimes, Paris, France.

Voyages: sailed between Marseilles & London with mail & also carried Indian (heavy) mail to Gibraltar, Alexandria & other ports.

Delta sprang a leak in heavy seas after hitting a wreck between Hainan Head & Tienpak off the Kwangtung coast on 28 November 1891. Although the pumps were used the water gained rapidly & approximately 80 passengers & crew were taken off the sinking vessel by four junks on promise of payment of $300 each. They were taken to Tien Pak & from there to Hong Kong aboard the steam launch Shanghai. Delta foundered a few minutes after she was abandoned. There had been no Europeans aboard.

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