Burdwan

Official Number
45394

The Burdwan was a full-rigged ship built by Thos. & Jno. Brocklebank at Bransty, Whitehaven and launched on the 28th August 1862. She traded for the Brocklebank Line for her entire career, mainly to the Far East, visiting China, Singapore, Calcutta and Manila.

On the 8th Nov. 1868 the Burdwan arrived at London from Shanghai, departing on the return journey in the following month, under the command of Capt.William Douglas.

On the 4th August 1877 the Burdwan arrived at Singapore, under Capt.Henry B.Brown, and then sailed on the 13th Sept.bound for Anjer.

The Burdwan was wrecked on the 16th August 1885, at Pulo Leat in the Macclesfield Channel, Gaspar Straights, whilst outward bound from Liverpool for Manila with a coal cargo. Her crew and master, Capt.W.Woodward, all survived the wreck. The Burdwan had left the Mersey on the 23rd April.

Name
Year Built
Gross Tons
Length (feet)
Breadth (feet)
Depth (feet)
Masts
Figurehead
Stern
Lloyd's Classn.
Burdwan
1862
803 
185.7 
32.1 
21.6 
3 
 
 
Special Survey 

Sources :

  1. "Shipbuilding in Whitehaven - A Checklist" by Harry Fancy, Whitehaven Museum (1984)
  2. "From Cumberland to Cape Horn" by D.Hollett.
  3. Lloyd's Register of Shipping 1883-4: Burdwan, ship, 803 tons, official number 45394, signal letters VDFH, built at Whitehaven in August 1862, FYM in 1876, owned by T.& J.Brocklebank, registered at Liverpool, master Capt.Brown.
  4. Wreck reported in the Times, 26th August, 1885, page 6 - "Lloyd's agent at Batavia, under yesterday's date, telegraphs :—The Commander of the French steamer Suez reports that the Burdwan, British vessel, has been totally lost in Macclesfield Straits; crew saved. The Burdwan was a wooden ship of 803 tons, built at Whitehaven in 1862, and owned by Messrs.T.J.Brocklebank, of Liverpool." Also in the Liverpool Mercury, 29th August 1885, page 6.