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Serampore - a general history

Official No. 51481.

Owners: 1865 McKinnon & Frew, Liverpool: 22 October1867 sold to foreign owners: 26 November 1867 registered Malta

Masters: 1866-72 William Cawsey (C.N. 12998 London 1855): 1873 Jon MacAlley

Bound from Liverpool for Calcutta with a cargo of 1927 tons of salt & a total crew of 32 the Serampore passed Whitehaven on 7 January 1873 & disappeared. It was thought she had foundered in a cyclone.

Crew 1865-66:

Duncan, Archibald, mate, 40, Greenock

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