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{{Short description|English colonial transport ship}}
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{{About|the English colonial transport ship|the ships in the US Navy|USS Randolph{{!}}USS ''Randolph''}}
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[[File:Randolph memorial 965.JPG|thumb|Randolph memorial in [[Cathedral Square, Christchurch|Cathedral Square]] in front of the former [[Chief Post Office, Christchurch|Chief Post Office]]]]
'''''Randolph''''' was a 664-ton [[Full-rigged ship|ship-rigged]] [[merchant vessel]] constructed in 1849 in [[Sunderland]]. She was one of the [[First Four Ships]] that brought settlers to [[Christchurch]], New Zealand.

The [[Canterbury Association]] chartered ''Randolph'', with Captain William Dale serving as the ship's captain. ''Randolph''  left [[Gravesend]] on 4 September 1850, and [[Plymouth]] on the night of 7 September 1850. She arrived at [[Lyttelton, New Zealand|Lyttelton]] 99 days later on 16 December 1850, with 34 cabin passengers, 15 intermediate and 161 steerage passengers.<ref name="lib">{{cite web | url= http://christchurchcitylibraries.com/Heritage/EarlyChristchurch/FirstFourShips.asp | title=The first four ships | publisher=[[Christchurch City Libraries]] | access-date=25 October 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=THE "RANDOLPH." |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18510111.2.3.2 |access-date=19 January 2021 |work=Lyttelton Times |issue=1 |date=11 January 1851 |volume=1 |page=2}}</ref>

She departed [[Lyttelton Harbour|Port Victoria]] (Lyttelton) on 10 January 1851, bound for the "''Straights of Lombock''".<ref>{{cite news |title=SHIPPING NEWS. |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18510111.2.7 |access-date=19 January 2021 |work=Lyttelton Times |issue=1 |date=11 January 1851 |volume=1 |page=5 |quote=SAILED ... Jan. 10, ship Randolph, 761 tons, Dale, master, for the Straits of Lombock.}}</ref>

She was lost on 25 June 1851, on a reef off [[Amber Island]], [[Mauritius]]. She had on board a cargo of sugar for [[London]], a large amount of money, and 254 [[India]]n emigrants for [[Port Louis]]. Nothing belonging to the vessel could be saved. Mr. Scott, an officer of the Madras Army, swam on shore, but died a moment after reaching it from exhaustion. Two European sailors, nine men (immigrants), ten women and three children were drowned.

''Randolph''{{'}}s entry in ''[[Lloyd's Register]]'' for 1851 carries the annotation "Wrecked".<ref name=LR1851>{{cite web| url = https://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015065777321?urlappend=%3Bseq=334| title = ''Lloyd's Register'' (1851), Seq.№R49.| hdl = 2027/mdp.39015065777321?urlappend=%3Bseq=334}}</ref>

The ship is remembered in the name of a road, Randolph Terrace, in the port of Lyttelton.

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{{First Four Ships}}
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[[Category:Shipwrecks in the Indian Ocean]]
[[Category:Victorian-era merchant ships of the United Kingdom]]
[[Category:Maritime incidents in June 1851]]
[[Category:Canterbury Association]]
[[Category:History of Christchurch]]
[[Category:1849 ships]]
[[Category:Ships built on the River Wear]]
[[Category:1850s in Christchurch]]
[[Category:Migrant ships to New Zealand]]


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