''Maju'' was an

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built in 1874 by Brown & Simpson,

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, as Yard No. 28. Dimensions 6201'5"×32'1"×21'2" and 953 GRT, 918 NRT. Equipped with Napier's patent windlass and Low and Duff's patent pumps. ''Maju'', whose name means ‘Successful’ in Malay was a fully rigged iron ship built for Killick Martin & Company, Captained by John Smith shipwrecked with the loss of the vessel and all hands on her maiden voyage in 1874. Captain John Smith had previously been captain to another Killick Martin & Company ship, John C. Munro was given the job to supervise the building of ''Maju'' in Dundee. Prior to this he had commanded the winner of the 1870 tea race the Lahloo

Specification

Keel 8" x 2.4"; Frames 4.5" x 3" x 0.5" angle; Spacing of frames 23"; Floors 24" x 0.5"; Single Plate Keelson, 14" x 0.7" with rider plate and 4 angle irons; garboard strake 35.5" x 0.6"; gunwale plate 38" x 0.8"; Deck 3.5" Pine. 3 bower anchors; 1 stream anchor; 2 kedge anchors; 270 fathoms of 1.8" chain cable; 90 fathoms 0.9 chain cable; also hawsers. Napier's patent windlass; 1 capstan and 2 winches; Low and Duff's patent pumps; rigging wire and hemp; 4 pairs of scuppers and 5 pairs of freeing ports; 2 no 24' long boats; 1 no 23' long boat 1 no 18' long boat; carried 47 sails, incl double suits of some. Size of hatchways: main, 15' 3" x 8' 6"; Fore, 6' x 6'; quarter, 7' 8" x 7' 1". Fore and main masts and their lower yards, and bowsprit are of iron. Fore lower mast, 77' long; 26" diameter at deck . Main lower mast, 79' 0.5" long; 26" diameter at deck. Bowsprit 37' long; 19' 05" diameter at bed. F and M lower yards, 73' long; 17" diameter at slings. Mizen lower masts, 69' 0.75", made of wood. outside painting; 1 coat read lead, 1 of oxide, 2 coats anti-fouling compositions; inside cement in bottom to bilge, then 1 coat oxide, 2 coats red and white lead.

Owners

Registered as of no 213 in 1874 at London The shareholders in the vessel were Killick Martin & Company with 40 shares, Edward Boustead, Merchant with 16 shares, William Lowther Nicholson, Shipowner 8 shares.

Key events

27 August 1874 Launched at the shipyard of Brown & Simpson, Dundee, for Killick Martin & Company. The ships christening ceremony was performed by Miss Margaret Ann Smith, the eldest daughter of the ship's Captain John Smith. 16 October 1874 Sailed from Dundee on her maiden voyage bound for

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with a cargo of

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. 21 October 1874 Wrecked near

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, in a gale. Maju sank about 12 miles west from Stornoway. She was identified when 7 bodies, 3 Lower Masts and a piece of the boat's stern were washed ashore. All 24 of her crew drowned, they were: John Smith, captain, native of Fife, Wm. Aitken, chief mate, Edinburgh Chas. S. Scantleburgh, second mate, Cornwall David Taylor, carpenter, Dundee John Waters, sailmaker, Kirkcaldy John Waterston, steward, Anstruther Wm. Henderson. cook, St Andrews Henry Smith, A.B., Hull David Hosie, A.B., Carnoustie J.S. Eleridge, A.B. Boston, England George Caithess, A.B., Westhaven George Drummond, A.B., Tayport S. Haesbrook, A.B., Ostend Charles Seven, A.B., Sweden William Allen, A.B., Portsmouth Thomas Guy, A.B., Dundee Frank Langley, A.B. Jersey Charles Wallace, A.B., Youghal Thomas Murray, O.S., Dundee John Milne, O.S., Aberdeen Reuben Kerr, apprentice, Edinburgh William Brown, apprentice, Edinburgh Duncan Paul, apprentice, Edinburgh Daniel Henessy, apprentice, Dundee Captain John Smith's body was recovered and he is buried at Riccarton, Ayrshire. Eleven members of the crew are buried at Barvas, Lewis.

References

External links

Killick Martin & Company Ltd

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