Where is the Nemesis?
Upvote:0
The Nemesis was apparently involved in the Opium Wars and other small Asian wars for at least 10-15 years from 1840.
Here I did see a news article from Australia about a ship named Nemesis sinking.
SHIPPING DISASTERS.
THE NEMESIS MISSING.
SUPPOSED TO HAVE FOUNDERED.
WITH ALL HANDS.
DISTRESS SIGNALS MADE.
OFF PORT HACKING ON SATURDAY.
WRECKAGE WASHED ASHORE.
TWO ELINGAMITE SURVIVORS PERISH.
The worst fears, entertained by old sea salts that a shipping disaster on our coast would be associated with the late terrific tempest have unfortunately been realised. The Nemesis, a well-known passenger and cargo steamship belonging to the fleet of Messrs. Huddart, Parker, and Co. Proprie- tary, Limited, is missing, and there is lit- tle room for doubt that she foundered with all hands.
This is from 1904 and probably is from another ship entirely, as the ship would be 60 years old. But on the other hand, a warship might be sold out of service and used for a long time in private hands.
Upvote:0
My last research did throw up mention of Nemesis being scrapped in Bombay 1856 or '57, but i cant remember where i read that.
Phlegethon was surely done for at around the same time, but it's very frustrating that such a lack of detail exists. Someone is gonna have to go to India and dig deep in the archives.
Upvote:1
Edward Cecil Rose is recorded as being engaged on the Nemesis on 4 Mar 1865 before being drowned at sea on 15 Apr 1865. Whether this was the same ship or another with the same name is not known. He was a merchant seasman with his Second Mate's certificate
Upvote:2
Nemesis was sold in 1852, and I would presume (but can't confirm) that it was sold for scrap. I can't locate any indications that it was ever re-registered though.
See Warships of the World to 1900 by Lincoln P. Paine, p 115-6
Upvote:8
It would appear that some of the confusion about the fate of the Nemesis is due to the naval tradition of naming new vessels in honour of their famous predecessors. In this case, when the famous Nemesis was taken out of service at the end of February 1855, her engines were placed into the hull of a new troop boat which took her name too.
The original Nemesis was scheduled to be dismantled, however,
...her hull was saved: later that year the annual report mentions the expenditure of 5,140 rupees on "Hulk Nemesis partly for accomodation of Harbour Master's assistants." And so she ended her days, a hulk on the banks of the Hooghly River, her engines beating in another hull.
Nemesis: The First Iron Warship and Her World, A.G.Marshall (History Press, 2016)
More post
- 📝 British royal titles for regions not in Britain
- 📝 What were Rommel's views on the Nazi crimes?
- 📝 Is this movie "History of the World: Every Year" credible?
- 📝 What is the flower-like motif appearing right on top of the arches of structures built by Qutb Shahi dynasty?
- 📝 Were the NKVD hated by the regular army like the SS was?
- 📝 When people use spears to fight cavalry do infantry stab the horse or the rider?
- 📝 Are there any examples of soldiers faking their death a combat before the modern era?
- 📝 Military sidecar era
- 📝 What effect did tanks have on warfare strategies upon their introduction?
- 📝 Did viking longboats in fact have shields on the side of the ships?
- 📝 What animals did South East Asians ride in the Middle Ages?
- 📝 What were the capabilities of a warhorse?
- 📝 Why is the nuclear powered USS Nautilus (SSN-571) a museum, when nuclear aircraft carriers are not converted to museums?
- 📝 When did pilots experience blackouts and redouts for the first time?
- 📝 Is the term Kaiser seen as offensive?
- 📝 In Civil War Reenactments why do people walk across the battlefield
- 📝 Was there ever any co-existence solution to peace with Israel that the Arab Palestinian side proposed or said would accept?
- 📝 How were Aksumite ships constructed?
- 📝 Where can I find information regarding the orphanages for mixed children in Nazi Germany?
- 📝 What are the occurences of total war in the Native Americans?
- 📝 Resources on the History of African Civilization
- 📝 Which epidemic involved children passing notes window to window?
- 📝 What do I ask myself/ teach my child to ask herself when looking for translations/adaptations of historical/epic works for her?
- 📝 What are the origins of the "News Reel Voice"?
- 📝 When did ancient religions start to experience dropping numbers of adherents in Europe?
- 📝 Was there any sort of medieval defensive contraption which dropped rocks on attackers?
- 📝 What is the origin of the practice of burying the dead where they fall, in the British armed forces?
- 📝 Comparing Percentage Of Spanish Nobility Migrating To Latin America To Percentage Of Pan-European Nobility Migrating To USA And Canada
- 📝 What would slaves in the Roman Empire call their masters?
- 📝 Have any large scale cultural or ideological shifts ever been successfully reversed by those who opposed it?
Source: stackoverflow.com
Search Posts
Related post
- 📝 Where is the bloodiest square mile on Earth?
- 📝 Where did the Romans store their cash?
- 📝 Where did Hitler get the funds to invest in economic development programs such as the autobahn when the German economy was in a depression?
- 📝 Where did Asian Americans go to school during the 'separate but equal' era?
- 📝 Where did the Gaels originate?
- 📝 Where would the first nuke have been dropped in Germany?
- 📝 Where did the “vikings wear helmets with horn” stereotype come from and why?
- 📝 Where does the name 'D-Day' come from?
- 📝 Where does the name of the country "Belarus" come from?
- 📝 Where did Hannibal cross the Pyrenees?
- 📝 Where did the archived discussions in Google Groups come from?
- 📝 Why was the northern boundary of the Mongol empire set where it was?
- 📝 How and why was the boundary between West and East Berlin decided to be where it was?
- 📝 When and where were the first coins made showing the currency or a face value?
- 📝 Where are the Native American primary source documents?
- 📝 Where does Lincoln say the South wants us to believe as they believe?
- 📝 Where did the term "Middle Ages" come from?
- 📝 How were servants to the Kaiser of Imperial Germany treated and where may I find more information on them?
- 📝 Where were the western legions when the Roman empire fell?
- 📝 Where did Roman senators mostly live in the time of Tiberius or Caligula?
- 📝 After the fall of the Roman Empire, where did their armor go? Was it used by any dark ages forces?
- 📝 Where was the furthest extent of Arabian trade explorations?
- 📝 Where did John Adams write of the night he shared a bed and an argument with Benjamin Franklin? Did Franklin write of it as well?
- 📝 Where was Carl Sagan working on a plan to detonate a nuke on the Moon? Where was he applying when he leaked it?
- 📝 Where and how did the concept of "incorporation" originate?
- 📝 Where was the dateline before the concept of the International Dateline?
- 📝 Where are the descendants of Mughals today?
- 📝 Where did the Roman money involved in the spice and luxury trade end up?
- 📝 Where does Herodotus discuss judging the wisdom of decisions by the evidence at hand vs. the consequences?
- 📝 Where did the so-called "Japanese Skulls" end up?