An Organized Escape From the Warren Hastings (1897)
The following was reported in the South Wales Echo on the 16th of March, 1897: “The Secretary of State for War on Monday promulgated a special army order, making known to the army the substance of a report received from the general officer commanding at the Mauritius recording the remarkable courage and exemplary discipline displayed by the troops under most trying circumstances on board the Royal Indian Marine Troopship Warren Hastings when that ship, steaming full speed, struck the rocks…”
Ship Name: Warren Hastings
Year Built: 1893
Tonnage: 4,500
Ship Type: Steel-Hulled Twin-Screw Steam Ship
Nationality: British
Year Wrecked: 1897
Location Wrecked: Near Saint Phillipe Reunion Island
Reason For Wreck: Navigational Error
Lives Lost: 2
Sources:
https://newspapers.library.wales/view/3270241/3270242/10/Warren%20Hastings%20Shipwreck
https://newspapers.library.wales/view/3268976/3268978/16/Warren%20Hastings%20Shipwreck
https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/259627261?searchTerm=warren%20hastings%20shipwreck
https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/258488813
https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/216690856?searchTerm=warren%20hastings%20shipwreck
https://newspaperarchive.com/roma-western-star-and-roma-advertiser-mar-27-1897-p-4/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-times-warren-hastings-shipwreck/45961355/
https://books.google.com/books?id=eXIEXptEGeUC&pg=PA36&dq=Barrow+1893+Warren+hastings+ship&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjA5IORpuOEAxUthYkEHT0KBiAQ6AF6BAgGEAI#v=onepage&q=Barrow%201893%20Warren%20hastings%20ship&f=false
https://newspapers.library.wales/view/4604731/4604735/105/Warren%20Hastings%20Shipwreck
https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/216691781?searchTerm=warren%20hastings%20shipwreck
https://newspapers.library.wales/view/4604526/4604528/13/Warren%20Hastings%20Shipwreck
https://newspapers.library.wales/view/3018915/3018918/39/Warren%20Hastings%20Shipwreck
https://newspapers.library.wales/view/3370713/3370720/132/Warren%20Hastings%20Shipwreck
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