Sorabjee Jamsetjee Jeejeebhoy

An iron barque built in 1864 by Laird Brothers, Birkenhead. Dimensions 63,20×10,74×6,77 meters [207'2"×35'2"×22'2"] and 1199 GRT, 1199 NRT and 1136 tons under deck.

1864 December: Launched at the shipyard of Laird Bros, Birkenhead, for J. Parsons, Liverpool. Assigned the official British Reg. No. 51433 and signal JTSQ.
1867: Sold to the British Shipowners Co. and was renamed British India.
1881: Sold to R.W. Leyland & Co., Liverpool.
1893: Laid up at Leith for a period of time.
1893 December 11: Left Leith with a cargo of coal for Rio de Janeiro under command of Captain Roberts who had replaced Captain Whiteside.
1894 January 19: Abandoned with the coal cargo on fire some 30 miles NW of Madeira. Spontaneous combustion of "channel coal" had never previously been recorded.

References:

Square-rigged ships, general references.
Walker, David: Champion of Sail. R.W. Leyland and his Shipping Line.
Conway Maritime Press, London, 1986. 4to, 191 pp, ill.

Updated 1997-05-16 by Lars Bruzelius

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