The Poorly Built Chusan (1874)

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The Chusan ran into difficulty almost as soon as leaving the river Clyde, bound for Shanghai. She was taking on water due to what was suspected by those on board to be due to a flaw in her riveting, and while in the St George’s Channel one of her paddle-wheels was also damaged. They stopped in Waterford for repairs, but Captain Johnson was still not satisfied. He turned around, having decided the best course of action would be to go back to the shipyard that had just finished building the ship for a refit before he dared the long voyage to Shanghai.  Ship Name: Chusan  Ship Nationality: United Kingdom  Tonnage: 3590 Ship Type: Iron Side Wheel Paddleboat  Year Built: 1874 Year Sank: 1874 Location Sank: Ardrossan Scotland  Reason For Sinking: Hit a Rock in a Storm  Lives Lost: 17  Sources:  https://www.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/rmgc-object-41043 http://www.ardrossanfootballclubs.net/non-football%20stories/1874.htm https://shipsoftheclyde.com/happenings/single?id=7897 https://books.google.com/books?id=L3cBAAAAQAAJ&pg=RA1-PA544&source=gbs_toc_r&cad=4#v=onepage&q&f=false https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=njp.32101059280907&view=1up&seq=475&q1=chusan https://newspaperarchive.com/beechworth-ovens-and-murray-advertiser-dec-19-1874-p-3/ https://newspaperarchive.com/london-daily-news-oct-26-1874-p-5/ https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/197297356?searchTerm=chusan%20shipwreck https://newspapers.library.wales/view/3500905/3500909/64/ https://newspapers.library.wales/view/3069056/3069062/35/

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