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The Star of Bengal was ordered by shipping company J.P. Corry & Co., which was founded in Belfast and headquartered in London. [4] [11] At the time of her launch on January 3, 1874, [14] the Star of Bengal was the largest vessel in gross tonnage in service of J.P. Corry & Co. (in December 1874, she was surpassed by the 1,981 GT Star of Russia).
Belitung shipwreck; Bengal (1799 EIC ship) Boyne (1877 ship) Bredenhof; HMS Brilliant (1757) ... MV Globe Star; Glory (1802 ship) Grace (1811 ship) Great Basses wreck; H.
This is a partial list of shipwrecks which occurred in the Indian Ocean.The list includes ships that sank, foundered, grounded, or were otherwise lost. The Indian Ocean is here defined in its widest sense, including its marginal seas: the Arabian Sea, the Bay of Bengal, the Great Australian Bight, the Mozambique Channel, the Persian Gulf, the Red Sea, the Strait of Malacca, and the Timor Sea
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Star of Bengal: Star of Russia: 1874: A 262-foot (80 m) ship of 1981 tons. She was sold in 1898 to the Alaska Packers' Association and sunk possibly under the name La Perouse in Port Vila Harbour, Vanuatu during either 1953 or 1959. The wreck which is now known under the ship’s original name is a well-known recreational dive site. Star of ...
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In 2005 the Weymouth LUNAR Society received the Nautical Archaeology Society's Adopt-a-Wreck award for their underwater archaeology work in surveying, monitoring and interpreting this shipwreck. The ship featured in the Channel 4 series Wreck Detectives. In July 2022, an ingot of Cornish tin salvaged from the shipwreck was auctioned for £2,400 ...
In the beginning of July 1822 Rockingham was east of the Cape of Good Hope, bound from Bengal for Britain, when she saw in the far distance two vessels, one dismasted and the other keeping her company. Rockingham could not ascertain their identities, but believed that the accompanying vessel was a regular ship of the EIC. [7]