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''Randolph'' left Gravesend on September 4 , 1850 , and Plymouth on the night of September 7 1850 . The ship was chartered by the Canterbury Association , with Captain William Dale serving as the ship's captain. She arrived at Lyttelton 99 days later on December 16 , 1850 , with 34 cabin passengers, 15 intermediate and 161 steerage passengers. She was lost on 25 June 1851 , on a reef off Amber Island (Mapon). She had on board a cargo of sugar for London , a large amount of money, and 254 Indian emigrants, for Port Louis . Nothing belonging to the vessel could be saved. Mr. Scott, an officer of the Madras Army, swam on shore, but died a moment after reaching it from exhaustion. Two European sailors, nine men (immigrants), ten women and three children were drowned. |
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