I bumped into the answers to this 130 years old shipwreck
while doing some research on William Bibby's Pekan route
with some good help from Mr Victor Bibby, great grandson of William
who provided me with a document of an interview of Mr Hume Black
by Straits Times dated 3rd March 1891..after he inspected the
Raub Australian Syndicate properties.
On the return journey downstream from Raub to Pekan
he passed by the "Sri Pahang" shipwreck not far from Pekan.
A similar size Stern wheeler to Sri Pahang(above),
this one plying the Kuantan Pasir Kemudi route
for Pahang Corporation(Sungai Lembing)
(Credits to Chan Chew Studio)
A blueprint of a much bigger Missouri River stern wheeler for reference.
Report on the lost of Sri Pahang in December 1888.
by Punjom and Sunchie Dua Samantan Mining Company. Ltd.
(Punjom and Sungai Dua Semantan Mining Company Ltd)
An auction advertisement of Sri Pahang Steel Stern Wheel Steam Launch,
-as she now lies sunk 30 miles up the Pahang River.
She was constructed at home and fitted here by the
Tanjong Pagar Dock Company in 1887
and is specially adapted for running in shallow rivers
her draft loaded being 30 inches,length 85 feet.....
A Google earth measurement of about 33 miles from the river mouth
wreck photo from
https://www.bharian.com.my/node/150145
SS Amherst wrecked at Pahang Bar (River mouth and not 30 miles upstream) on 17th Nov 1901
0.5 miles East from Kuala Pahang.
and was refloated on 17th Oct 1902.
Amherst as a Chinese Gunboat in 1925!
AMHERST Iron cargo coaster probably with deck passengers.O.N. 90097. 287g. 108n. 130.1 x 25.1 x 10.0 feet. C.2-cyl. (18” & 35” x 20”) engine by Bow & McLachlan, Paisley. 52 RHP.5.1.1886: Launched by Blackwood & Gordon Ltd, Glasgow (Yard No. 206) for Wee Bin & Co., but registered to John McLachlan, Paisley.1886: Registered at Singapore to Wee Bin & Co. (Wee Boon Tek)3.2.1888: Re-registered to Wee Boon Tek, 64/64ths.22.9.1888: Wee Boon Tek died and Lim Ho Puah named as executor.12.3.1889: Re-registered to Lim Ho Puah, 64/64ths.19.12.1901: Register Closed - declared as a total loss, being stranded on the Pahang River Bar. Subsequently salved and returned to service. 1903: Re-registered at Singapore to Lim Ho Puah.1908: Sold to Lai Hi Kok, Singapore.1915: Sold to Siew Qui Wong, Singapore.1917: Sold to the Ban Aik Co. Ltd., Singapore.1918: Sold to H. A. Lammert, Hong Kong 1918: Sold to Lam Yick Steamship Co. Ltd., (Cheung Dinsen, manager), Hong Kong. Rebuilt, tonnage increased to 413 grt.1923: Sold to the On Fat Steamship Co. Ltd., Hong Kong.1927: Sold to Ma Ying, Macao.1930: Sold to Hung Mak Kai, (Hang Hing, manager) Yokohama and renamed Seikai Maru.1930’s: Foundered on voyage Hong Kong to Japan (probably on delivery).
http://forums.clydemaritime.co.uk/viewtopic.php?t=18829
https://wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?246854
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