South Africa Wrecks "SS Teuton" 1880 Passenger list

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"RMS Teuton"

The RMS Teuton had sailed from Plymouth on August 6th, 1881 at 2pm and Madeira on August 10th, 1881 at 11pm. She arrived in Cape Town on August 29th, 1881 at 6am. After leaving Table Bay on the evening of August 30th she struck an object off Quoin Point, between Danger Point and Cape Agulhas, on the south coast of South Africa at about 7:30 in the evening. The passengers were ordered onto the poop deck and the lifeboats prepared. Captain Manning, however, convinced that the 6 compartment hull would be safe from flooding, kept the ship underway until the bow had sunk so low that the stern was out of the water. At about 10:30pm the captain ordered the women and children into a lifeboat and the other passengers were preparing to abandon ship when she suddenly dipped at the bow and somersaulted. An eyewitness, Mr Kromm, said "She went down like a streak of lightning...I would not have believed it possible that a vessel could go down so quickly...I am almost certain that the boat with the women and children in it was fastened by rope to the vessel or did not clear the vortex." Mr Kromm, who could not swim, miraculously survived by jumping from the poop deck. After being dragged under the surface of the water by the suction of the sinking ship, he managed to grab hold of a piece of wreckage and was later hauled on board one of the life boats.

(Taken from a newspaper cutting August 1881 - publication unknown)

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Here is a list of passengers and some crew:


Surname	Name	Title	Class	Intended Destination	Status	Comment
ABRAHAMS	M	Mr		Cape Town	Survived	Disembarked at Cape Town
ABRAHAMS	?	Mr	2nd Class	Algoa Bay	Drowned
AHRENDT	C	Mr		Cape Town	Survived	Disembarked at Cape Town
ALLEN		Child	3rd Class	Knysna	Drowned
ALLEN	Joseph	Mr.	3rd Class		Survived	Emigrant
ALLEN		Child	3rd Class	Knysna	Drowned
ALLEN		Child	3rd Class	Knysna	Drowned
ALLEN		Mrs.	3rd Class	Knysna	Drowned
ALLEN		Mr.	3rd Class	Knysna	Drowned
ANDREWS	R	Mr.	3rd Class	Knysna	Drowned
BARRET			3rd Class		Survived	Emigrant
BARRET		Mr.	3rd Class	Knysna	Drowned
BARRET		Mrs.	3rd Class	Knysna	Drowned
BARRET		Master	3rd Class	Knysna	Drowned
BARTER	George	Able Seaman	Officers & Crew		Survived
BARTLEY		Mrs	3rd Class	Natal	Drowned
BARTLEY		Mr	3rd Class	Natal	Drowned
BERTHOLD		Mrs		Cape Town	Survived	Disembarked at Cape Town
BERTHOLD	H	Mr		Cape Town	Survived	Disembarked at Cape Town
BLOOM	L	Mr		Cape Town	Survived	Disembarked at Cape Town
BLUMBERG	M	Mr.	2nd Class	Algoa Bay	Drowned
BORST	O	Miss		Cape Town	Survived	Disembarked at Cape Town
BOWE(?)	A	Mr.	3rd Class	Knysna	Drowned
BRAMSCHWEIG	E	Mr		Cape Town	Survived	Disembarked at Cape Town
BRIEBACH	A	Mr		Cape Town	Survived	Disembarked at Cape Town
BROWN		Mr	1st Class	Knysna	Drowned	From Cape Town
BROWN	J	Mr	3rd Class	Natal	Drowned
BROWN	J	Mr		Cape Town	Survived	Disembarked at Cape Town
CARROLL	J	Mr.	2nd Class	Algoa Bay	Drowned
CARRUTHES		Mr	3rd Class	Natal	Drowned
CARRUTHES		Mrs	3rd Class	Natal	Drowned
CLARK	Frederick	Quartermaster	Officers & Crew		Survived
COHEN	H	Mr		Cape Town	Survived	Disembarked at Cape Town
CONCH		Mr	2nd Class	Algoa Bay	Drowned
COOPER		Child	2nd Class	Algoa Bay	Drowned
COOPER		Child	2nd Class	Algoa Bay	Drowned
COOPER		Child	2nd Class	Algoa Bay	Drowned
COOPER		Child	2nd Class	Algoa Bay	Drowned
COOPER	John	Mr.	3rd Class		Survived	Emigrant
COOPER		Child	2nd Class	Algoa Bay	Drowned
COOPER		Mrs.	2nd Class	Algoa Bay	Drowned
COOPER		Mr.	2nd Class	Algoa Bay	Drowned
CORY	F	Mr		Cape Town	Survived	Disembarked at Cape Town
COWEN	P	Supercargo	Officers & Crew		Drowned
CRAIES	Robert	Mr.	2nd Class		Survived	Emigrant
CRAIES		Mr.	2nd Class	Algoa Bay	Drowned
CRAIES		Mrs.	2nd Class	Algoa Bay	Drowned
CRAIES		Miss	2nd Class	Algoa Bay	Drowned
CROSSBY	J	Mr.	3rd Class	Natal	Drowned
DAVIS		Miss	2nd Class	East London	Drowned
DAVIS		Mr	2nd Class	East London	Drowned
DAVIS		Mrs	2nd Class	East London	Drowned
DINAH		Miss	Deck	Algoa Bay	Drowned	From Cape Town
DIVER		Mr.	Officers & Crew		Survived	3rd Officer
DOYLE	G	Mr.	2nd Class	East London	Drowned
DRIVER	E	Mr.	2nd Class	East London	Drowned
EDKIN	C	Mr.	3rd Class	Algoa Bay	Drowned
FERGUSON		Mr.	3rd Class	Knysna	Drowned
FERGUSON		Master	3rd Class	Knysna	Drowned
FERGUSON		Master	3rd Class	Knysna	Drowned
FERGUSON		Miss	3rd Class	Knysna	Drowned
FERGUSON		Mrs.	3rd Class	Knysna	Drowned
FISHER		Mr	2nd Class	Natal	Drowned
FORBES		Mrs.	3rd Class	Knysna	Drowned
FORBES		Miss	3rd Class	Knysna	Drowned
FORBES		Miss	3rd Class	Knysna	Drowned
FORBES		Miss	3rd Class	Knysna	Drowned
FORBES		Mr.	3rd Class	Knysna	Drowned
FORDER		Mr.	Officers & Crew		Survived	2nd Officer
FOX		Mr	1st Class	Natal	Drowned
FOX		Mrs	1st Class	Natal	Drowned
FRASER		Mr	3rd Class	Natal	Drowned
FRIEDMANN		Mr		Cape Town	Survived	Disembarked at Cape Town
FRIETGENS	A	Miss		Cape Town	Survived	Disembarked at Cape Town
FRIETGENS	M	Mrs		Cape Town	Survived	Disembarked at Cape Town
GADATT	A.H.		3rd Class		Survived	Emigrant
GARDNER	J	Mr		Cape Town	Survived	Disembarked at Cape Town
GISSLER	S	Mr		Cape Town	Survived	Disembarked at Cape Town
GLEN	Edwin	Engineer's Servant	Officers & Crew		Survived
GRASSI	Cat	Miss	3rd Class	Knysna	Drowned	From Cape Town
GRAY		Mrs.	2nd Class	Algoa Bay	Drowned
GRAY		Mr.	2nd Class	Algoa Bay	Drowned
GREEN		Mr	2nd Class	Natal	Drowned
GREEN		Miss	2nd Class	Natal	Drowned
GREEN		Miss	2nd Class	Natal	Drowned
GREEN	David	Mr.	2nd Class		Survived	Emigrant
GREEN		Miss	2nd Class	Natal	Drowned
GREEN		Master	2nd Class	Natal	Drowned
GREEN		Master	2nd Class	Natal	Drowned
GREEN		Mrs	2nd Class	Natal	Drowned
GROGAN	W	Waiter	Officers & Crew		Survived
GUDATH	A	Mr	2nd Class	Natal	Drowned
HAWKINS		Able Seaman	Officers & Crew		Survived
HEYNES	Henry	Fireman	Officers & Crew		Survived
HEYR	Charles	Waiter	Officers & Crew		Survived
HIRST	George	Able Seaman	Officers & Crew		Survived
HOCKEY		Child	3rd Class	Natal	Drowned
HOCKEY		Mrs	3rd Class	Natal	Drowned
HOCKEY		Mr	3rd Class	Natal	Drowned
HOSKING	E	Mr.	2nd Class	Algoa Bay	Drowned
HOUSE		Able Seaman	Officers & Crew		Survived
IRVIN	J	Mr		Cape Town	Survived	Disembarked at Cape Town
JACKSON		Chief Engineer	Officers & Crew		Drowned
JAMES		Mrs	2nd Class	Algoa Bay	Drowned
JAMES		Child	2nd Class	Natal	Drowned
JAMES		Child	2nd Class	Natal	Drowned
JAMES		Mrs	2nd Class	Natal	Drowned
JAMES		Mr	2nd Class	Natal	Drowned
JOEL	M	Mr	2nd Class	Algoa Bay	Drowned
KAYSKE	C	Mr		Cape Town	Survived	Disembarked at Cape Town
KITT	T	Mr		Cape Town	Survived	Disembarked at Cape Town
KNIGHT	John	Able Seaman	Officers & Crew		Survived
KOCK	H	Mr.	3rd Class	Algoa Bay	Drowned
KONIGSBERG	B	Mr		Cape Town	Survived	Disembarked at Cape Town
KRAKE	E R	Mr		Cape Town	Survived	Disembarked at Cape Town
KRASEL		Miss	1st Class	Natal	Drowned
KRITZ		Mr		Cape Town	Survived	Disembarked at Cape Town
KROMM	B		1st Class		Survived
KROMM		Mr	1st Class	Algoa Bay	Drowned	From Cape Town
LAFARGNE	A	Mr		Cape Town	Survived	Disembarked at Cape Town
LANGEVAN	T	Mr		Cape Town	Survived	Disembarked at Cape Town
LANGEVAN	W	Mr		Cape Town	Survived	Disembarked at Cape Town
LEES	J	Mr.	2nd Class	East London	Drowned
LICHEY	P	Mr		Cape Town	Survived	Disembarked at Cape Town
LOWY	F	Mr		Cape Town	Survived	Disembarked at Cape Town
LUNCHBURY	E	Mr.	3rd Class	Algoa Bay	Drowned
MANCKE	C C	Mr		Cape Town	Survived	Disembarked at Cape Town
MANN		Mrs.	3rd Class	Knysna	Drowned
MANN		Miss	3rd Class	Knysna	Drowned
MANN		Master	3rd Class	Knysna	Drowned
MANN		Mr.	3rd Class	Knysna	Drowned
MANNING	M	Captain	Officers & Crew		Drowned
MATTHEWS	J	Mr	2nd Class	Algoa Bay	Drowned
McEWAN		Mrs.	2nd Class	Algoa Bay	Drowned
McEWAN		Mr.	2nd Class	Algoa Bay	Drowned
McFARLAND	P	Mr	2nd Class	Algoa Bay	Drowned
McKAY		Child	2nd Class	Algoa Bay	Drowned
McKAY		Child	2nd Class	Algoa Bay	Drowned
McKAY		Mrs.	2nd Class	Algoa Bay	Drowned
MECKLEJOHN	James	Mr.	3rd Class		Survived	Emigrant
MECKLEJOHN		Mr	3rd Class	Natal	Drowned
MECKLEJOHN		Mrs	3rd Class	Natal	Drowned
METSENER	T	Mr		Cape Town	Survived	Disembarked at Cape Town
METSENER		Mrs		Cape Town	Survived	Disembarked at Cape Town
METSENER		Miss		Cape Town	Survived	Disembarked at Cape Town
METSENER		Master		Cape Town	Survived	Disembarked at Cape Town
MILLS	William	Able Seaman	Officers & Crew		Survived
MITCHELL	E	Mrs	2nd Class	Natal	Drowned
MORGAN	B	Mr	2nd Class	East London	Drowned
MORGAN		Mrs	2nd Class	East London	Drowned
MORGAN		Miss	2nd Class	East London	Drowned
MORGAN		Miss	2nd Class	East London	Drowned
MORGAN		Master	2nd Class	East London	Drowned
MORRISON		Mrs.	2nd Class	East London	Drowned
MOXLEY	M	Miss	2nd Class	Knysna	Drowned
MOXLEY	F	Miss	2nd Class	Knysna	Drowned
MUSGRAVE		Mrs	3rd Class	Natal	Drowned
MUSGRAVE		Mr	3rd Class	Natal	Drowned
OSLER		Child	3rd Class	Knysna	Drowned
OSLER		Child	3rd Class	Knysna	Drowned
OSLER		Miss	3rd Class	Knysna	Drowned
OSLER		Child	3rd Class	Knysna	Drowned
OSLER		Mr.	3rd Class	Knysna	Drowned
OSLER		Mrs.	3rd Class	Knysna	Drowned
OWEN		Mr	2nd Class	East London	Drowned
OWEN		Mrs	2nd Class	East London	Drowned
P?DDON		Boatswain	Officers & Crew		Survived
PARRY	J	Mr.	3rd Class	Algoa Bay	Drowned
PEARCE		Mrs	2nd Class	Natal	Drowned
PEARCE		Child	1st Class	Natal	Drowned
PEARCE		Mr	2nd Class	Natal	Drowned
PEARCE		Child	1st Class	Natal	Drowned
PERRY	James	Able Seaman	Officers & Crew		Survived
POTTER		Fireman	Officers & Crew		Survived
PRICE		Mr.	3rd Class	Knysna	Drowned
PRICE		Mrs.	3rd Class	Knysna	Drowned
PRICE		Child	3rd Class	Knysna	Drowned
PURKIS		Chief Steward	Officers & Crew		Drowned
RAFFTESOTH	B.E.		3rd Class		Survived	Emigrant
RAFTESETH		Mr	3rd Class	Natal	Drowned
RAFTESETH		Child	3rd Class	Natal	Drowned
RAFTESETH		Child	3rd Class	Natal	Drowned
RAFTESETH		Mrs	3rd Class	Natal	Drowned
RAFTESETH		Child	3rd Class	Natal	Drowned
RENNIE		Mr	2nd Class	East London	Drowned
RENNIE		Mrs	2nd Class	East London	Drowned
RENNIE		Child	2nd Class	East London	Drowned
RENNIE		Child	2nd Class	East London	Drowned
RENNIE		Child	2nd Class	East London	Drowned
RICHTER	C C	Mr		Cape Town	Survived	Disembarked at Cape Town
RO? INNES		Dr	Officers & Crew		Drowned	Surgeon
ROBERTS		Carpenter	Officers & Crew		Survived
ROMMELD	C C	Mr		Cape Town	Survived	Disembarked at Cape Town
ROS(?)	W	Mr	2nd Class	Algoa Bay	Drowned
ROSENBLUM		Mr	2nd Class	Algoa Bay	Drowned
ROSS		Miss	3rd Class	Knysna	Drowned
ROSS		Miss	3rd Class	Knysna	Drowned
ROSS	W B	Mr		Cape Town	Survived	Disembarked at Cape Town
ROSS		Mr.	3rd Class	Knysna	Drowned
ROSS	Lizzie	Miss	3rd Class		Survived	Emigrant
ROSS		Mrs.	3rd Class	Knysna	Drowned
ROWE	W	Mr		Cape Town	Survived	Disembarked at Cape Town
ROWE	W	Mr.	3rd Class	Knysna	Drowned
RUSSAN	M H	Mr		Cape Town	Survived	Disembarked at Cape Town
SCHUCHAGE		Mrs	1st Class	Natal	Drowned
SCHUCHAGE		Mr	1st Class	Natal	Drowned
SCHWARK	M	Mr		Cape Town	Survived	Disembarked at Cape Town
SHARP	E B	Mr		Cape Town	Survived	Disembarked at Cape Town
SKIPPICK		Able Seaman	Officers & Crew		Survived
SMITH	Francis		3rd Class		Survived	Emigrant
SMITH		Mrs	3rd Class	Natal	Drowned
SMITH		Mr	3rd Class	Natal	Drowned
SPARGO		Mr		Cape Town	Survived	Disembarked at Cape Town
SPARGO		Mrs		Cape Town	Survived	Disembarked at Cape Town
STEAD	F	Mr		Cape Town	Survived	Disembarked at Cape Town
STEAD	F	Mr.	3rd Class	Algoa Bay	Drowned
STRIKE		Mrs	3rd Class	Natal	Drowned
THOMAS		Mrs	2nd Class	East London	Drowned
THOMAS		Master	2nd Class	East London	Drowned
THOMAS		Miss	2nd Class	East London	Drowned
THOMAS		Master	2nd Class	East London	Drowned
THOMAS		Mr	2nd Class	East London	Drowned
THORNTON	M	Mr		Cape Town	Survived	Disembarked at Cape Town
TURNER		Mr.	Officers & Crew		Survived	4th Officer
URQUHART	R F	Mr		Cape Town	Survived	Disembarked at Cape Town
URQUHART		Mr	2nd Class	Algoa Bay	Drowned
WALKINSHAW	William	Ordinary Seaman	Officers & Crew		Survived
WALKLEY		Mrs	2nd Class	East London	Drowned
WALKLEY		Mr	2nd Class	East London	Drowned
WALKLEY		Master	2nd Class	East London	Drowned
WALKLEY		Master	2nd Class	East London	Drowned
WALKLEY		Master	2nd Class	East London	Drowned
WARDROPER	Eugene	Chief Officer	Officers & Crew		Drowned
WELCH		Mr.	3rd Class	Knysna	Drowned
WELCH		Mrs.	3rd Class	Knysna	Drowned
WHIFFIELD	James	Able Seaman	Officers & Crew		Survived
WHITE	Edward	Fireman	Officers & Crew		Survived
WINCKWORTH		Mr		Cape Town	Survived	Disembarked at Cape Town
WINCKWORTH		Mrs		Cape Town	Survived	Disembarked at Cape Town
WITCHER	Henry	Able Seaman	Officers & Crew		Survived
WOLF		Mrs	3rd Class	East London	Drowned
WOLF		Mr	3rd Class	East London	Drowned
ZUUL	J D M	Miss		Cape Town	Survived	Disembarked at Cape Town

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