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CHAUDIERE

CHAUDIERRE WAS A WOODEN VESSEL BUILT IN 1863 BY DARTFORD & CO AT SUNDERLAND ( ALSO REPORTED AS BEING W DOXFORD )

 SHE HAD BEEN BUILT FOR J ( H ?)  W DOUGLAS  OF LONDON AND  WAS A VESSEL OF 470 TONS.

SHAW SAVILL PURCHASED HER FROM  DOUGLAS OF LONDON IN 1873.

SHE SAILED UNDER THE SHAW SAVILL FLAG UNTIL 1883 WHO THEN SOLD HER TO  WILLIAM DUTHIE IN 1883

WHEN SHAW SAVILL OPERATED HER SHE RAN EXCLUSIVELY TO NELSON FROM THE UK  ( BUT DID VISIT OTHER PORTS TO PICK UP RETURN CARGO FOR THE UK )

 SHE MADE FIVE VOYAGES CARRYING IMMIGRANTS.SHE WAS IN NAPIER TWICE

WILLIAM DUTHIE THEN SOLD HER TO MAURICE COLEMAN DAVIES ( JARRAHDALE TIMBER COMPANY ) IN 1883.

 SHE WAS REGISTERED AT THIS TIME  IN ADELAIDE

IN MAY 1883 SHE ARRIVED IN HAMELIN BAY

DURING A STRONG STORM THERE SHE DRAGGED HER ANCHORS, DESPITE HER HAVING BOTH OF THEM DOWN SHE CONTINUED TO DRAG AND WENT ASHORE

SHIPS MASTER AT THE TIME OF HER LOSS WAS CAPTAIN WILLIAM HAYES