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Lot Essay
Originally built as a paddle-wheeled steam frigate by Garsetjee Rustomjee of Bombay for the Indian Marine and launched in 1854 as the Punjaub, she registered at 1,745 tons and was 285 feet overall. The largest and finest frigate built in India, she proved to be very fast and carried an armament of 10 8 inch 68 pounders. Used first in the Crimea as a transort ship, and then in the Persian War and the Indian Mutiny, in 1862, the Punjaub was sent to England to have her paddles removed and a screw fitted, but by the time she arrived there the Indian Marine had merged with the Royal Navy making her redundant, so she was sold.
Bought by John Willis, she was converted to sail and renamed Tweed. After cable laying in the Persian Gulf, she was refitted for passenger and troop carrying. She continued in this service until 1888 when bound from China to New York she was dismasted off Algoa Bay. Rescued by the S.S. Venice, she was towed to Port Elizabeth, where she was considered to be too expensive to save and was subsequently broken up.
Bought by John Willis, she was converted to sail and renamed Tweed. After cable laying in the Persian Gulf, she was refitted for passenger and troop carrying. She continued in this service until 1888 when bound from China to New York she was dismasted off Algoa Bay. Rescued by the S.S. Venice, she was towed to Port Elizabeth, where she was considered to be too expensive to save and was subsequently broken up.