Built as a wooden full rigged ship by John Duthie & Sons & Co., Aberdeen, Scotland for Patrick Henderson’s, Albion Shipping Co., Glasgow.
March 1865 launched as the PETER DENNY.
Tonnage 997 ton, dim. 170.0 x 34.2 x 20.0ft.
She was fitted out to carry 300 – 400 passengers.
1865 Completed, homeport Glasgow.
02 June 1865 she sailed on her maiden voyage from Glasgow under command of Captain G. Adams, with cargo (I can not find if she carried any passengers this voyage) bound for Port Chalmers, New Zealand via Cape of Good Hope, arrived after a passage of 92 days on 02 September 1865 in Port Chalmers.
The next three years was she used in the China trade, and Lubbock describes in his book the Colonial Clippers a race between the PETER DENNY, WILD DEER and DOUGLAS CASTLE from China to London. The three ships were well matched for speed and from the Gaspar Strait were in company almost daily, on arrival Gravesend the WILD DEER was first with the two other ships close behind.
1869 Again in the emigrant trade to Port Chalmers, during that voyage in dense fog she collided with the French barque APPLE in which she sustained some damage.
On her 7th voyage to Port Chalmers, Captain Adams was relieved by Captain R.W. Pyecroft; she sailed on 02 May 1874 from London and arrived 26 July 1874 in Port Chalmers.
1880 Sold to J.W. Turner, Glasgow. She was then barque rigged.
1883 Sold to J.H. Farmer & Co., Greenock.
1883 Sold to L.G.S. Larsen, Sandefjord, Norway and renamed INGA.
The INGA under command of Captain Jacobson and a crew of 13 sailed on 11 August 1888 from Montevideo in ballast to Ship Island, Mississippi.
17 September 1888 at 3.55 am she ran aground near Old Isaacs, East End, Cayman Islands.
It was not possible to refloat her and she was scrapped on site by the islanders, the ship was insured for £4,000 but the sale of her hull and goods raised only £172.
Her two anchors the only objects left of the shipwreck are located, one of which is completely submerged.
Cayman Islands 2013 25c sg?, scott?
Source: White Wings by Henry Brett. Colonial Clippers by Lubbock. The Tea Clippers by MacGregor.
Cayman Post. http://www.scotsac.com/html/scottish-di ... wrecks.pdf