Wooden ship Lord Raglan, built Charles Jobin & Co., Quebec 1854, 1886 tons, 228 x 40.5 x 29 ft, first registered Cork 1855, used as a Government transport. Registered Liverpool, White Star Line, from 1860, ON 24170. Left Liverpool for Melbourne with 289 passengers and 65 crew on 24 February 1863, was spoken on 23 March near the equator [lat 2N, long 22W], but was not sighted again.
Possible fate: When the ship Imperatrice Eugene reached England from Natal, she reported the remains of a ship burnt to the waterline on 27th March 1863. There was no sign of survivors. Position lat 1 N, long 26 W.

Image of ship Lord Raglan, chartered by the Government to take 500 soldiers of the Lancashire Militia from Liverpool to Gibraltar, to serve there while the Gibraltar garrison moved to Crimea. [from Illustrated London News 14 July 1855].

[from Liverpool Mercury - Wednesday 21 January 1863]:
THE "WHITE STAR" LINE OF BRITISH AND AUSTRALIAN EX-ROYAL MAIL CLIPPERS ...
FROM LIVERPOOL TO MELBOURNE.
Ship. Tons Reg. Tons Bur. Date.
LORD RAGLAN 1881 3500 Feb. 20
WHITE STAR 2339 5000 Mar. 20
The well-known magnificent Clipper Ship LORD RAGLAN will be despatched as above with passengers and cargo. This splendid ship has proved herself to be a very fast and comfortable vessel, having made the outward passage fromn Liverpool to Melbourne in 70 days, and during her employ as a Government transport, she conveyed the large number of 1300 soldiers from Mauritius to Bombay in 12.5 days, the fastest on record, and happily accomplished without sickness or mortality. The saloon is a large and spacious apartment, and passengers in this class are provided with bedding, linen, and every necessity. The accommodations for all classes of passengers are extensive and complete. Passengers embark on the 20th February.

[from Sheffield Independent - Tuesday 12 May 1863]:
BURNING OF A LARGE SHIP. SUPPOSED LOSS OF ALL ON BOARD. Liverpool, Monday. A telegram to the following effect was received in Liverpool yesterday. The captain of the ship Imperatrice Eugenie, arrived in London, reports having seen a large vessel on fire, burnt to the water's edge, on the 27th of March, in lat 1 N., long. 26 W. The captain of the Imperatrice Eugenie endeavoured to reach the burning ship to render assistance, but was unable to do ao, owing to tbe prevalence of calms. It is supposed by some people here that the vessel seen by the Imperatrice Eugenic is the same as that seen by Capt. Halliday, of the ship Helen Nicholson, which arrived here a few days since. The latter captain, however, supposed the burning ship to have been a submarine volcanic eruption, which, we need scarcely add, is rather improbable. As no boats were to be seen about the wreck, it is thought that the crew must have been taken off by some passing vessel, or else perished with the ill-fated ship.

[from Liverpool Shipping Telegraph and Daily Commercial Advertiser - Friday 11 September 1863]:
FEARED LOSS OF AN AUSTRALIAN CLIPPER SHIP. The present mail having brought no information of the arrival of the clipper ship Lord Raglan, much anxiety is felt for her safely. She left this port on the 23rd of February, under the command of Captain J Curran and a crew of 65 men. She is a Colonial-built ship of 1904 tons, built in 1854 in Quebec and owned by Messrs. Wilson and Chambers, of this port. She was classed A 1 for seven years, and re-classed in 1861 for two, and previous to this voyage, underwent extensive repairs. She was considered a first class ship, and the next mail from Australia is anxiously looked for, hoping it may contain word of her ultimate safety. [reported as carrying above 300 passengers]

[from Melbourne Argus, 16 April 1864]: THE LOST SHIP LORD RAGLAN. The following letter, written by a passenger on board the ill-fated Lord Raglan when that vessel was on the Equator, sent home by a ship bound to England, and afterwards sent to a relative in this colony, has been sent to us for publication. The Lord Raglan, it will be remembered, was reported as having been spoken with near the line, and she has not since been heard of. The writer of the letter seems to have had a presentiment of misfortune: "Ship Lord Raglan, Crossing the Line, March 23,1863. We left the port of Liverpool at two p.m. Monday, 23rd February, with three powerful tugs towing us. One left us after we had got pretty well out, but the other two remained with us for three days and two nights. We then bid adieu to the white cliffs of Albion, with three hearty good cheers. We had a head-wind when the steam-tugs left us. In the Western Ocean we encountered a terrific storm. It blew a perfect hurricane, carrying away our sails, and washing part of our bulwarks away, also the lifeboat. For two nights we were completely drenched by heavy seas washing over us; we all expected the ship would founder, and that we should all be lost. I shall never forget the men and women shrieking, crying, and praying, on all sides; but, thank God, she rode safely through. The chief mate had his leg broken, in trying to save the lifeboat. Since the storm abated we have had fine weather. We are now under the burning sun of the tropics, with seven ships in sight. I hope we shall speak with some of them. We have had one death, and we are likely soon to have several births. We have just spoken two, one from Madras and one from Hong Kong, but we did not board them, as they were sailing with a fair wind. There is another ship in sight, homeward bound, so I must conclude. Yours, &c., H. T.

[from Melbourne Argus 12 Feb 1864]:
THE LOST SHIP LORD RAGLAN. The following list of the passengers and crew of this ship is given by the Australian Gazette of the 21st November last.
Cabin: Mr. and Mrs. John H. Sunderland, Messrs. Gosset, Belcher, Filluel, Richardson, Mrs. Spankie and infant, Messrs. Charles E. Taylor, Fulton, Francis A. Goddard, E. P. Harper, John A. Joel, Fred. and Mrs. Quinlan, Mrs. Doherty and husband, Miss Louisa Neville.
Steerage: Nina Ahearn, P. O'Flaherty, J. Padden, Alexander G. Craig, P. Hayes, P. and Bridget O'Donnell, Mary Barnwell, J. Miller, and wife and family, Roseann and Fanny Brown, William Alex. Miller, J. Nightingale, D. and Bridget Casey, Wm. Meade, E. M'Phelemy, Susan Cleghorn, H. How, Denis Curtin, E. Davis, W. and Isabella Goodfellow, James Smith, Thos. and Charlotte Swale, James Swale, Wm. Savage, J, Skehan, J. Power, Mary Ann Davis, J. Dunnicin, Mich. J. King, John Wilson, C. Gibney, Ann Morgan, Patrick and Edward O'Connor, Jane Tuller, John Wharton, John Byrne, Patrick and Dennis Boyle, Chris. Garvey, John Warren, James and William George, Wm. and Thos. Mitchell, Henry Ivey, Samuel Stern, Wm. Todd, Daniel Halahie, John Mercer, Joseph, Rachel, and Elizabeth Davis; Thos. Gorman, Catherine Murray, Wm. Tanner, N. Anderson, Robert Wallace, Jas. Johnson, Thomas Broadfoot, D. Morton, G. Allen, William and Ellen Bower, Ellen Duncan, Mary Horan, H. M'Gwen, Mick M'Nama and family (six), Robert and Matilda Hodge, John and George M'Cleary, Phelin Toole and wife, Patrick Dunning, M. O'Grady, D. Tracy, Honorah Pickel, H. Warnford, Johannah Hayes, Jas. Fenton, Honora Firm, P. Grant, James, Sarah, and Mary Pond, S. and Sarah Livingstone, P. Allen, Jas. Kerrins, John Carty, P. M'Mahon, R. and Mary Foley, S. Stansfield and wife, W. E. A. Marston, Arch. M'Corkindale, H. Green, R. Quinlan, H. Teeson, Hugh Morrow and family (four), Mary Ryan, H. R. Knowles, John Killop, Jas. M'Kelvie, H. May, W. H. Roberts. Thos. Lawrey, James and Ellen Basmel, John Caldwell, James and Ellen Danavan, Gilbert Bone, Duncan M'Gregor, Thos. Luddaby, Neila Polas, P. Bertola, P. Valbuzzle, Pentrel Rinalda, Martino Commento, Givauria Marmolina, Gussapia Pedretta, Stefanna Manpadrate, John Johnson and family (two),Cath. Kennedy, J. M'Kel, M. Barnstein, Samuel, William, John, and Mary Freeman, Joseph Dunley, Sarah Higings and family (six), A. Stark, Thos. Jones, H. Campbell, Corn. Cromin, A. Young, P. and Ellen Walsh, John Magill, wife, and family (six), T. O. Gorman, J. Magill, Owen Lowe, A. Devine, James Young, J. and Bridget M'Carthy and child, P. M'Swiney, W. O'Regan, C. Terrell, T. O'Donnell, N. and C. M'Gee, M. Lupton, Charles Chisholm, R. Flanagan, T. Quirk, G. Searle, Christopher Barber, T. Molloy, John Troundsil, wife and family (two) ; Simeon Tatterson, wife and family (two) ; Thomas Ellis, M. Ryan, John Cain, wife and family (three); J. Madigan, J. Hourigan, E. Kirlin, Patrick and Daniel Tomlinson, T. Ward, Daniel Harle, wife, and family (two); Henry Bruckley, wife and family (three); Thos. Goyle, P. Walsh, H. M'Cormack, T. Jones, J.Cresdale, J. Geraghty, M. Coughlan, Gervas Purcell, R. O'Brien, B. Walker, wife, and family (three); N. Brown, wife and family (two); James Woodcock, M. and John Fogarty, J. and Wm. Riordan, John Lynn, G. Powell. E. Kearney, Miss Quilman, J. O'Halloran, James Chambers, W. Moore, Rees Powell, D. Jones. James Cunningham, Jas. Sagar, J. Cass, Jas. Wood, J. Barren, M. Carty, J. Dunne, Jos. Holter, wife and family (two).
Crew: James Curran, captain; R. B. Trapnell, Jas. Murphy, John Lloyd, Thomas O'Connor, mates; A. C. Hudson, surgeon; A. Laird, boatswain; P. Hind, D. Smith, E. Owens, carpenters; J. E. King, J.Merrill, W. Cassidy, T. Stevens, quarter-masters; P. Millshorp, W. Williams, S. Beyde, W. Smith, stewards; Eliz. Trythall, stewardess; William Calvin, T. Ash, C. Mackenzie, E. Malpas, cooks; W. Hill, engineer; S. Godwin, butcher; G. Cheshire, sail-maker; A. Murray, J. Puntrie, W. Murphy, A. M. Miller, J. Dockerby, P. Ferguson, W. Breen, B. M'Gill, J. Gillmore, W. Cumming, T. Ratcliffe, N. Pauloviet, J. Morrison, P. Morwick, J. Callagh, J. Harkness, C. Johnson, J. Roberts, T. Anderson, William Thomas, J. Egan, J. Casey, C. Fennors, J. J. Breen, S. M'Cormick, seamen; William Gordon, R. Jones, H. N. Donald, T. Holmes, J. Winchester, C. Mosson, J. Doyle, J. Maginuis, John Smith, J. Bell, ordinary seamen; John Whitley, H. T. Farmery, F. Perry, M. G. Hall, apprentices.