With the sinking of the Titanic, attention was turned to how passenger ships could be safer. It brought to mind past disasters, including a ship that had also sailed under a British flag. Its name appeared beside the names of La Bourgogne, the General Slocum, and the Princess Alice, as one of the worst shipping disasters ever, though many of the papers disagreed on the spelling of the ship’s name. A majority called it the Namchow, though some others wrote Nanchow, and others made the name two words rather than one. The name seemed a moot point in any case, what mattered was the cost of lives in the disaster, which was agreed to have been between 400 and 500 lost.
Ship Name: Namchow
Year Built: 1870
Tonnage: 1109
Nationality: British
Ship Type: Single Screw Steamer
Year Wrecked: 1892
Location Wrecked: Breaker Point, China
Reason For Wreck: Broken Crank Shaft for Propellor Damaged the Ship.
Lives Lost: Estimated to be between 400 and 500
Sources:
https://www.encyclopedia-titanica.org/the-ocean-tragedy.html
https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/71232902?searchTerm=namchow
https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/3320831?searchTerm=namchow
https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/123024368?searchTerm=namchow
https://newspaperarchive.com/carroll-sentinel-jan-14-1892-p-3/
https://newspapers.library.wales/view/3045878/3045882/34/china%20shipwreck
https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/3320831
https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/114695217?searchTerm=nanchow
