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"The Carnatic was a P&O steamship, built by Samuda Brothers at Cubitt Town on the Isle of Dogs, London in 1862. In September 1869 she ran aground on Sha`b Abu Nuhas coral reef near Shadwan Island in the Red Sea. Expecting rescue, the passengers and crew stayed on board for some time, and were beginning to enter the lifeboats when Carnatic broke in half. 31 people drowned. The survivors made it to barren Shadwan, where they were rescued the next day by a passing ship, Sumatra."
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