Year |
Name |
Owner |
|
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1864 | In Te Spes | Coupland Brothers |
On her first voyage she sailed from Liverpool for Bombay in March 1865 and disappeared.
The translation from Latin of In Te Spes is ‘In God We Trust’.
Completed January 1865; Official No. 51436; cargo ship; 333g; engine Forrester & Co, Liverpool.
Owners: Coupland Bros, Liverpool.
Masters: 1865 MacKenzie.
Miscellaneous: 17 March 1865 two German sailors, John T Tensman & Henry Schoffler, were arrested at Shields for desertion from the In Te Spes of Liverpool. They had signed articles to sail for Bombay on 13 March. Both were sentenced to a month in jail. Their desertion ended up saving their lives.
On her first voyage the In Te Spes sailed from Sunderland via Liverpool bound for Bombay with a crew of about 30 men. She was seen off the Isle of Wight on 16 March 1865 & then disappeared. She was posted as missing by Lloyds in October 1865.
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