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HELVELLYN

HELVELLYN WAS A WOOD VESSEL OF A BOUT 1,017  TONS.SHE HAD BEEN BUILT IN 1856  BY ( FOR ) ROBERT THOMPSON & SONS AT SUNDERALND AND REGISTERED IN LIVERPOOL

SHE WAS OWNED BY STUART & CO IN 1863 THE SHIPS MASTER WAS F DALISON AND SHE WAS USED ON THE LIVERPOOL TO NEW ZEALAND ROUTE

 SHE WAS CHARTERED BY SHAW SAVILLE & CO IN 1863. SHE LEFT GRAVESEND ON THE 14TH JULY, DROPPING IN AT DARTMOUTH. SHE LEFT DARTMOUTH ON THE 19TH JULY AND ARRIVED IN AUCKLAND ON THE 16TH NOVEMBER 1863.ON THE SHIPS ARRIVAL RECRUITMENT OFFICERS MET THE SHIP, ASKING FOR VOLUNTEERS TO JOIN THE MILITIA, AS THE MAORI WAR WAS RAGING, THIRTY OF THE MEN VOLUNTEERED, AND SAW ACTION IN THIS CAMPAIGN.