Arniston (East Indiaman)
Arniston was an East Indiaman that made eight voyages for the British East India Company (EIC). She was wrecked on 30 May 1815 during a storm at Waenhuiskrans, near Cape Agulhas, South Africa, with the loss of 372 lives – only six on board survived. She had been chartered as a troopship and was underway from Ceylon to England on a journey to repatriate wounded soldiers from the Kandyan Wars.
Wikipage disambiguates
Wikipage redirect
1810s18151815 in South Africa1815 in the United Kingdom73rd (Perthshire) Regiment of FootAlexander (1803 ship Bombay)ArnistonArniston (ship)Arniston TransportBasil HallBlown off courseBredasdorpCape_AgulhasCeres (1797 EIC ship)Dead reckoningEast IndiamanHMS_Birkenhead_(1845)John Wedderburn of BallindeanList of accidents and disasters by death tollList of battles and other violent events by death tollList of disasters in Great Britain and Ireland by death tollMarine chronometerMay 30Neptune (1796 EIC ship)Perseverance (1801 EIC ship)ShipwreckingTaunton Castle (1790 EIC ship)True Briton (1790 EIC ship)Viscount Molesworth
Link from a Wikipage to another Wikipage
primaryTopic
Arniston (East Indiaman)
Arniston was an East Indiaman that made eight voyages for the British East India Company (EIC). She was wrecked on 30 May 1815 during a storm at Waenhuiskrans, near Cape Agulhas, South Africa, with the loss of 372 lives – only six on board survived. She had been chartered as a troopship and was underway from Ceylon to England on a journey to repatriate wounded soldiers from the Kandyan Wars.
length (mm)
has abstract
Arniston was an East Indiaman ...... had already passed Cape Point.
@en
builder
length (μ)
5.36448e+1
ship beam (μ)
1.31064e+1
status
Wrecked, 30 May 1815 atWaenhuiskrans,South Africa
type
Link from a Wikipage to an external page
Wikipage page ID
14,102,069
page length (characters) of wiki page
Wikipage revision ID
1,025,755,142
Link from a Wikipage to another Wikipage
caption
Western Cape, South Africa
@en
Ship armament
*1797: 26 × 9 & 12-pounder gun ...... s
* 1811: 38 x 12-pounder guns
@en
Ship builder
William Barnard, Deptford
@en
Ship complement
Ship country
Great Britain
@en
Ship fate
Ship flag
Ship launched
Ship length
*
*
@en
Ship owner
*Messrs Borradailes of London, ...... –1813:Managed by Robert Hudson
@en
Ship propulsion
Sail
@en
Ship tons burthen
Ship type
wikiPageUsesTemplate
subject
hypernym
point
-5.768888888888889 105.2786111111111
comment
Arniston was an East Indiaman ...... oldiers from the Kandyan Wars.
@en
label
Arniston (East Indiaman)
@en
lat
-5.768888888888889e+0
long
1.052786111111111e+2