Good Morning I have recently discovered that the Tornado (31789), a ship which had just taken emigrants to Australia, at least twice went from Bombay to the Persian Gulf on the return voyage. This was ferrying troops and Government supplies, I believe after (rather than during) the Anglo-Persian war of 1856/7. The treaty of Paris ending the war was signed March 4th but some sources have the war ending on April 4th. My query is, would there have been compulsion about this? The Tornado was at Bombay from Feb 9th 1857, the Captain's wife having had a baby on board on Feb 7th. While at Bombay, the baby was christened at St Andrews and the Captain consulted a doctor for his stomach problems. Would merchant ships have been commandeered or was it more a case that the ship owners would have been keen on the extra income? Would the Captain (Robert Crighton) have had any choice in the matter, or is this unknowable? The Tornado sailed for the Persian Gulf on March 11th (with the Julia) and May 23rd. I read that many of the troops which served in the Anglo Persian War were from Bombay. I have been unable to find when the Tornado returned to the UK, but she left Liverpool again for Australia in December 1857 with a different Captain. Some time ago i asked for help to locate the log book (in the National Archives) of the Tornado's first sailing to Australia in 1855. I did consult it, fascinating; especially the Captain's medical treatments! I hope the log book for this trip survived as well. Clare Oxford, UK

Hello Also, bear in mind that the Indian Mutiny broke out on 10 May 1857. Paddy On 18/08/2013, at 6:51 PM, [email protected] wrote: > > > Good Morning > > I have recently discovered that the Tornado (31789), a ship which had just > taken emigrants to Australia, at least twice went from Bombay to the > Persian Gulf on the return voyage. This was ferrying troops and Government > supplies, I believe after (rather than during) the Anglo-Persian war of 1856/7. > The treaty of Paris ending the war was signed March 4th but some sources > have the war ending on April 4th. > > My query is, would there have been compulsion about this? The Tornado was > at Bombay from Feb 9th 1857, the Captain's wife having had a baby on board > on Feb 7th. While at Bombay, the baby was christened at St Andrews and the > Captain consulted a doctor for his stomach problems. Would merchant ships > have been commandeered or was it more a case that the ship owners would have > been keen on the extra income? Would the Captain (Robert Crighton) have > had any choice in the matter, or is this unknowable? > > The Tornado sailed for the Persian Gulf on March 11th (with the Julia) and > May 23rd. I read that many of the troops which served in the Anglo Persian > War were from Bombay. > > I have been unable to find when the Tornado returned to the UK, but she > left Liverpool again for Australia in December 1857 with a different Captain. > > Some time ago i asked for help to locate the log book (in the National > Archives) of the Tornado's first sailing to Australia in 1855. I did consult > it, fascinating; especially the Captain's medical treatments! I hope the log > book for this trip survived as well. > > Clare > Oxford, UK > > ------------------------------- > 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