Hello all, Getting back to the family history after a break, and looking for help with missing ships. I have a 14 year old boy, an apprentice, lost at sea in 1879, 'supposed drowned'. Ship was City of Kandy, which was missing since January 27 1879, and the death registered in April 1879. I have not been able to find anything about this ship at all. I have looked on the ships list, and of course Google, and anywhere else that I can think of . I would be interested to know where the ship was going to, or coming from, and where it disappeared. A picture would be a bonus, but where do I look for the information. I am sure that someone out there with much more knowledge than me, (not difficult) will be able to put me on the right track. Thanks Jackie

Hi Jackie, I did a google search using 'City of Kandy ship' the first listing is as follows which may help you. wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=hnlodge&id=I00826 Best wishes, Sue > > Hello all, > > Getting back to the family history after a break, and looking for help with missing ships. > > I have a 14 year old boy, an apprentice, lost at sea in 1879, 'supposed drowned'. > > Ship was City of Kandy, which was missing since January 27 1879, and the death registered in April 1879. > > I have not been able to find anything about this ship at all. I have looked on the ships list, and of course Google, and anywhere else that I can think of . > > I would be interested to know where the ship was going to, or coming from, and where it disappeared. A picture would be a bonus, but where do I look for the information. > > I am sure that someone out there with much more knowledge than me, (not difficult) will be able to put me on the right track. > > Thanks > Jackie

Thank you very much for that Sue. All I got was information about the actual city of Kandy in Sri Lanka. Shows what a novice I am. Best wishes Jackie > Hi Jackie, > > I did a google search using 'City of Kandy ship' the first listing is as > follows which may help you. > > wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=hnlodge&id=I00826 > > Best wishes, > > Sue > >>

Hi Jackie Shipping Intelligence - the Daily News, London, 3 Apr 1879 >From Lloyds (2 April) Overdue The two undermentioned vessels not having arrived at their ports of destination, grave fears are entertained for their safety, viz: Ida...; and the City of Kandy, bound from Mauritius to Liverpool, reported to have passed St Helena on the 13th December, and had been spoken with on the 27th January, at lat 47N, lon 16 W Western Mail, Cardiff 10 Apr 1879 ....the City of Kandy of Liverpool, Mauritius to Liverpool, with sugar, which was spoken on the 27th January, not having arrived at their destinations, were posted at Lloyds on Wednesday as missing vessels. Huddersfield Daily Chronicle, 6 Aug 1879 Foundering of a Liverpool Ship: 12 Lives Lost Intelligence received from Lloyd's yesterday states that pieces of wreckage have been washed ashore in the Bay of Biscay, amongst them being a piece of a bulwark, with the word KANDY in white letters thereon, leaving little doubt but that the wreckage belongs to the missing ship, City of Kandy, of Liverpool, which was on a voyage from the Mauritius to England, with sugar. The ship is now given up as lost, with her crew of 12 hands Hope this helps ----- Original Message ----- From: "JACKIE JORDAN" <[email protected]> To: "SURREY LIST" <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, June 29, 2011 8:02 PM Subject: [SRY] Missing ship > Hello all, > > Getting back to the family history after a break, and looking for help > with missing ships. > > I have a 14 year old boy, an apprentice, lost at sea in 1879, 'supposed > drowned'. > > Ship was City of Kandy, which was missing since January 27 1879, and the > death registered in April 1879. > > I have not been able to find anything about this ship at all. I have > looked on the ships list, and of course Google, and anywhere else that I > can think of . > > I would be interested to know where the ship was going to, or coming from, > and where it disappeared. A picture would be a bonus, but where do I look > for the information. > > I am sure that someone out there with much more knowledge than me, (not > difficult) will be able to put me on the right track. > > Thanks > Jackie > *************************************** > Send your List messages using **PLAIN TEXT** and always **TRIM AWAY** > superfluous old messages in replies. > > List Admin can be contacted at: [email protected] > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ----- > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 10.0.1388 / Virus Database: 1516/3733 - Release Date: 06/29/11 >

Thank you so much Alison, that is a lot of information in one go, much more than I anticipated, and so interesting too. Thanks again Jackie > Shipping Intelligence - the Daily News, London, 3 Apr 1879 > >>From Lloyds (2 April) > Overdue > The two undermentioned vessels not having arrived at their ports of > destination, grave fears are entertained for their safety, viz: Ida...; > and the City of Kandy, bound from Mauritius to Liverpool, reported to have > passed St Helena on the 13th December, and had been spoken with on the > 27th January, at lat 47N, lon 16 W > > Western Mail, Cardiff 10 Apr 1879 > ....the City of Kandy of Liverpool, Mauritius to Liverpool, with sugar, > which was spoken on the 27th January, not having arrived at their > destinations, were posted at Lloyds on Wednesday as missing vessels. > > Huddersfield Daily Chronicle, 6 Aug 1879 > Foundering of a Liverpool Ship: 12 Lives Lost > Intelligence received from Lloyd's yesterday states that pieces of > wreckage have been washed ashore in the Bay of Biscay, amongst them being > a piece of a bulwark, with the word KANDY in white letters thereon, > leaving little doubt but that the wreckage belongs to the missing ship, > City of Kandy, of Liverpool, which was on a voyage from the Mauritius to > England, with sugar. The ship is now given up as lost, with her crew of 12 > hands > > Hope this helps