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]

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"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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[1] "Sailing Vessel UMGENI built by John Smith in 1864 for J. T. Rennie & Co., Aberdeen, Passenger / Cargo".

[2] "Aberdeen Ships | UMGENI".

[3] "John T. Rennie Lines".

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