Lloyd’s Register
SIR GEORGE SEYMOUR (1849-50-51)
Master: Captain T. Millman
Rigging: Ship; sheathed in felt and yellow metal in 1850
Tonnage: 724 tons
Construction: 1844 in Sunderland
Owners: Somes Bros.
Port of registry: London
Port of survey: London
Voyage:
Departed Gravesend 7 September 1850
Arrived Lyttelton 17 December 1850
Footnote:
A fire destroyed the Sir George Seymour in 1867. She was carrying a cargo of coal from Liverpool to Bombay when the cargo suffered spontaneous combustion on 18 December 1867 at 25°S 25°W. Her crew abandoned her. Leda, which was on her way to Calcutta, rescued 15 crew members.
Her entry in Lloyd’s Register for 1867 carried the annotation “[B]URNT”.