History
United Kingdom
NameCheduba
OwnerBritish India Steam Navigation Company Glasgow
Builder
  • A. & J. Inglis, Pointhouse, Glasgow, Scotland
  • Archibald Denny, Dumbarton
Yard number
  • 3 (Inglis)
  • 27 (Denny)
LaunchedWednesday, 8 April 1863
FateSunk on 15 May 1869.
General characteristics [1][2]
TypeSteamship
Tonnage667 GRT
Length209.1 ft (63.7 m)
Beam26.3 ft (8.0 m)
Installed power140 nhp
Propulsion2-cylinder steam engine
Speed9 knots (17 km/h; 10 mph)

The SS Cheduba was the third ship built at A and J Inglis, Pointhouse, Glasgow.[3] She was probably built in collaboration with Archibald Denny Dumbarton and launched on Saturday, 18 April 1863.[4]

Cheduba was owned by British India Steam Navigation Company Glasgow. She sank with the loss of all hands in the Bay of Bengal on 15 May 1869 while on passage from Calcutta to Rangoon.

References

  1. ^ "SS Cheduba (Denny) at Clydebuilt Database". Archived from the original on 16 June 2012. Retrieved 15 October 2012.((cite web)): CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  2. ^ "SS Cheduba (Inglis) at Clydebuilt Database". Archived from the original on 10 September 2004. Retrieved 15 October 2012.((cite web)): CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  3. ^ Paul Strathdee and Stuart Cameron:Cheduba (1863) of A and J Inglis
  4. ^ George Robinson and Stuart Cameron: Launched 1863: SS Cheduba of Archibald Denny Dumbarton.
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