Dacca
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The
steamer Dacca was built by A & J Inglis in Glasgow,
and was launched in November 1881. She operated for the
British company Gray & Dawes between Australia and
England. Under a journey from London to Australia with 494
passengers and general goods, she hit ground and sank near
Abu Kizan 15.May 1890. The crew and passengers had time to
abandon ship before she disappeared in the deep. Of the
older wrecks in the Red Sea from this timeline, she is the
only one not yet found. Its believed the wreck rest
somewhere west of Daedalus lighthouse.
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 Picture: Dacca,unknown date Courtesy of the blog "Looking Back" Last updated: January 2019 |
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