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Columbian - a general history

Official No. 55021: Code Letters NTSF: (completed by assignees of Pile Spence)  .

Owners: 1866 West Indian & Pacific SS Co, London: 1867 G Blaxland, London: 1873 Schroder & Co, Amsterdam-renamed Celebes: 1883 Stoomv Maatsshappy Java, Amsterdam, Holland-renamed Soenda.

Masters: 1867 Peters: 1874 CA Bakker: 1875-77 B Ordeman: 1880-81 CA Bakker: 1882 AJ Herknorth: 1882 WP Harton: 1883-88 WF Soomer: 1889 Konig: 1890 F Hubbart: 1894-95 JE Dik: 1898-1900 D Ouwehand.

The new steamer Columbian was bound from the West Indies for Colon with a crew of 50 when she took shelter in St Thomas Harbour during a hurricane & sank on 29 October 1867. Cargo lost. No lives lost. The vessel was raised & repaired in 1873.

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