| First owner |
First port of register |
Registration date |
| Alexander Denny, Dumbarton |
Greenock |
18/01/1855 |
| Other names |
| 1855 WYE |
| Subsequent owner and registration history |
2/2/1855 William Stephen Andrews, London - reg London
6/1855 Thomas Stirling Begbie, London - reg London
1855 British Government for Crimean Railway
25/6/1855 Admiralty
3/7/1866 sold
by12/1866 Edward Bates, Liverpool - reg Liverpool |
| Vessel history |
On maiden voyage sailed London 15/2/1855 with railway equipment for Balaclava, Crimea
6/1855 converted at Portsmouth with Grant's patent condensers and distillation as water storage vessel for army in Crimea, and renamed WYE
8/1855 in collision with CAMPERDOWN and new screw required
7/1858 refitted and based at Chatham as distilling ship
6/4/1861 converted to storeship and commissioned at Woolwich, for West Africa and Ascension stations
25/6/1862 detained the slave schooner CONCEPCIO in 6°20'S 12°15'E, which was subsequently condemned by the court at Freetown |
| Remarks |
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| End year |
Fate / Status |
| 1866 |
Missing 29/12/1866 |
| Disposal Detail |
| 29/12/1866 sailed from the Skaw (Danzig for Dublin) and not seen since. |
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