Umgeni (1864 ship)

The Umgeni was a sailing ship of the Rennie line. She was launched in 1864 and served as a passenger ship transporting colonists to Natal before being converted to a coal carrier. In 1876 she ran aground near Glenelg in South Australia but was re-floated.[1][2][3]

Umgeni, 1864.

See also

References
  1. http://www.clydeships.co.uk/view.php?a1PageSize=75&ship_listPage=17&a1Page=84&ref=53026&vessel=UMGENI
  2. http://www.aberdeenships.com/single.asp?offset=2710&index=111113
  3. http://www.theshipslist.com/ships/lines/rennie.shtml

Further reading
  • "Rennie's Steamer Service: Natal and Cape Colonies" by R. N. Porter, The South African Philatelist, Vol. 90, No. 6 (December 2014), Whole No. 927, pp. 178–182.
  • Ingpen, B. & Ingrid Staude-Griesel (Ed.) (2000) Horizons: The Story of Rennies, 1849-1999. Johannesburg: Rennies Management Services. ISBN 9780620267595
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