| First owner |
First port of register |
Registration date |
| Turkish Goverment (The Ottoman Company). Constantinople. |
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| Other names |
| MASSILIAN (launched) - 4/1856 SCHUMLA (intended) - SILISTRE |
| Subsequent owner and registration history |
| McLarty & Lamont, Liverpool (ordered) |
| Vessel history |
Ordered for Liverpool-Mediterranean service of McLarty & Lamont to run with ITALIAN (Archibald Denny 1855), SARDINIAN and VICTOR EMMANUEL (Alexander Denny 1855) and GENOVA (Alexander Denny 1850)
4/1856 purchased by the Turkish Government before completion and initially proposed name SCHUMLA. |
| Remarks |
| SILISTRE is Turkish spelling |
| End year |
Fate / Status |
| 1859 |
Foundered 25/06/1859 |
| Disposal Detail |
| Foundered after springing a leak shortly after leaving Alexandria for Constantinople with 350 passengers (Turkish and Christian). 273 passengers were saved, but it was alleged that many of the Christian passengers were murdered and robbed by the crew before the ship sank. |
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