The Colonial Times of Hobart Tasmania announced on the 21st of May 1852 the loss of two British steamers. One was the HMS Birkenhead, and the other was the Amazon by fire. “The Amazon sailed from Southampton on Friday evening with 156 people on board. At 9 pm on Friday night, the bearings of the engine became so hot that they were stopped until cooled. At 10 proceeded.”
Ship Name: Amazon
Nationality: United Kingdom
Ship Type: Wooden Side Wheel Steam Ship
Tonnage: 3,000
Year Built: 1851
Year Wrecked: 1852
Reason For Wreck: Caught Fire
Location Wrecked: Near the Entrance of the Bay of Biscay
Lives Lost: Around 100
Sources:
https://archive.org/details/annualregistero03unkngoog/page/n6/mode/1up
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Times/1852/News/RMS_Amazon
https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/8771433
https://books.google.com/books?id=H1UCAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA5&source=gbs_toc_r&cad=3#v=onepage&q&f=false
