Title
Illustrated London News sketch of the wreck of the steamship ‘Hydaspe’ on the Pan Shoal, Riau Straits
Creator
Year/Period
21 January 1865
Region
Indonesia
Object Type
Dimension
Object size: 21.5 x 27.2 cm
Accession No.
2008-00188
Collection of
On 24 November 1864, the steamship Hydaspe (centre) ran aground on the Pan Shoal in the Riau Straits, about 25 miles from Singapore. Owned by Messageries Impériales, a French shipping firm founded in 1851, the ill-fated vessel had already been involved in an earlier collision with the P&O steamer Cadiz while plying the Hong Kong-Shanghai route in 1863. Depicted in the sketch as well are the vessels that came to the aid of the stranded steamer (from left to right): the Dutch corvette Apeldoorn, the civilian yacht Picciola, the survey vessel H.M.S Rifleman, the gunboat H.M.S Leven, and the Dutch paddle-wheel steamer Dasson.
