P&O Passenger Steamship Nepaul - aground on the Shagstone

P&O Steamship Nepaul - The Nepaul shown aground on the Shagstone, although she went aground further east. Nepaul was built by Alexander Stephan and Sons, Glasgow, and originally laid down as Theodor Korner for the short-lived German Transatlantic Steam Navigation Line. On 10 December 1890 the Nepaul was inbound from Calcutta when it was wrecked on Shagstone Rock off Plymouth at 19:20 having missed the pilot in thick fog. There were no casualties, and the passengers and specie were taken off the following morning, but most of the cargo was ruined

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Aground Nepaul Peninsular Plymouth Stephan

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