Lloyd’s Register
RANDOLPH (1849-50-51)
Master: Captain Dale
Rigging: Ship; sheathed in felt in 1849; fastened with copper bolts
Tonnage: 664 tons
Construction: 1849 in Sunderland
Owners: D. Dunbar
Port of registry: London
Port of survey: London
Voyage:
Departed Gravesend on 4 September 1850, and Plymouth on the night of 7 September 1850
Arrived Lyttelton 3:30pm Monday 16 December 1850.
The Lyttelton Times September 20, 1851
The ship “Randolph“, Dale, commander, from Madras, bound to London, via Mauritius, was lost on 25 June, on a reef off Amber Island (Mapon). She had on board a cargo of sugar of London, a large amount of money, and 254 Indian emigrants, for Port Louis. Nothing belonging to the vessel could be saved. Mr. Scott, an officer of the Madras Army, swam on shore, but died a moment after reaching it from exhaustion. Two European sailors, nine men (immigrants), ten women and three children were drowned. The remains of Mr Scott were interred with military honours at the garrison following the funeral.