Euphrates

According to this private correspondence, Euphrates was a freight ship chartered by the British government in 1858 to carry men of the Royal Engineers and supplies to Vancouver Island and the mainland. As indicated in Corry, Henry Thomas Lowry to Carnarvon, Earl 13 October 1858, CO 60:2, no. 10430, 29, Shaw, Savill and Company acted as brokers for Euphrates.

On June 27, 1859, the British Colonist reports that the Euphrates arrived in Esquimalt, from London, and that during the 160-day voyage, one Edward Ellingfield of Yarmouth was lost overboard, despite efforts to save him with Hen-coops.1

1. List of Vessels in the Port of Victoria 25th June, 1859, British Colonist, June 27, 1859.

Mentions of this vessel in the documents

Schedules
The Colonial Despatches: Schedules
Douglas, Chief Factor Governor Vice-Admiral Sir James to Stanley, Lord Edward Henry 19 August 1858, CO 60:1, no. 10342, 86.
Moody, Colonel Richard Clement to Carnarvon, Earl 9 October 1858, CO 60:3, no. 10315, 317.
Moody, Colonel Richard Clement to Carnarvon, Earl 9 October 1858, CO 60:3, no. 10319, 325.
Moody, Colonel Richard Clement to Irving, Henry Turner 11 October 1858, CO 60:3, no. 10409, 333.
Corry, Henry Thomas Lowry to Carnarvon, Earl 13 October 1858, CO 60:2, no. 10430, 29.
Gosset, Captain William Driscoll to Lytton, Sir Edward George Earle Bulwer 13 October 1858, CO 60:3, no. 10452, 96.
Lytton, Sir Edward George Earle Bulwer to Douglas, Chief Factor Governor Vice-Admiral Sir James 16 October 1858, LAC RG7:G8C/6, 259.
Richards, Charles to Carnarvon, Earl 16 October 1858, CO 60:2, no. 10586, 51.
Moody, Colonel Richard Clement to Carnarvon, Earl 23 October 1858, CO 60:3, no. 10914, 336.
Moody, Colonel Richard Clement to Carnarvon, Earl 26 October 1858, CO 60:3, no. 10962, 354.
Moody, Colonel Richard Clement to Carnarvon, Earl 26 October 1858, CO 60:3, no. 10963, 358.
Gosset, Captain William Driscoll to Carnarvon, Earl 26 October 1858, CO 60:3, no. 10965, 120.
Romaine, William Govett to Carnarvon, Earl 28 October 1858, CO 60:2, no. 11058, 53.
Moody, Colonel Richard Clement to Carnarvon, Earl 28 October 1858, CO 60:3, no. 11072, 368.
Trevelyan, Sir Charles Edward to Merivale, Herman 16 November 1858, CO 60:2, no. 11765, 292.
Moody, Colonel Richard Clement to Carnarvon, Earl 18 November 1858, CO 60:3, no. 12419, 383.
Storks, Major General Henry Knight to Merivale, Herman 23 November 1858, CO 60:2, no. 12057, 393.
Thomas, Nesac to Lytton, Sir Edward George Earle Bulwer 23 November 1858, CO 60:2, no. 12090, 203.
Richards, Charles to Elliot, Thomas Frederick 24 November 1858, CO 60:2, no. 12071, 54.
Hawes, Benjamin to Carnarvon, Earl 25 November 1858, CO 60:2, no. 12115, 399.
Storks, Major General Henry Knight to Elliot, Thomas Frederick 1 December 1858, CO 60:2, no. 12274, 400.
Richards, Charles to Carnarvon, Earl 6 December 1858, CO 60:2, no. 12503, 63.
Trevelyan, Sir Charles Edward to Merivale, Herman 6 December 1858, CO 60:2, no. 12508, 333.
Willis, William to Carnarvon, Earl 30 December 1858, CO 60:2, no. 13320, 71.
Richards, Charles to Carnarvon, Earl 4 March 1859, CO 60:5, no. 2425, 311.
Hamilton, George Alexander to Rogers, Baron Blachford Frederic 23 February 1864, CO 60:20, no. 1683, 158.

Colonial Despatches

The colonial despatches of Vancouver Island and British Columbia 1846-1871

Euphrates