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MARY SHEPHERD

MARY SHEPHERD WAS A  FULL RIGGED SAILING VESSEL OF 905 / 940 TONS BUILT IN SUNDERLAND IN 1858

THERE ARE REPORTS THAT SHE WAS OWNED BY OWNED BY THE SHEPHERD COMPANY, WHICH I THINK IS INCORRECT AND THIS INFORMATION ACTUALLY  REFERS TO A MUCH EARLIER VESSEL OF THE SAME NAME 

HER FIRST CAPTAIN WAS CAPTAIN WILLIAM BUDGE

SHE WAS CHARTERED BY SHAW SAVILL & CO MAKING SEVERAL VOYAGES TO NEW ZEALAND

SHE WAS OWNED BY LIDGETT & SONS OF LONDON AROUND SEPTEMBER 1872 AFTER HAVING UNDERGONE A REFIT IN IN BOSTON MASS

CAPTAIN CROOT BEING IN COMMAND AT THIS STAGE

ON 9TH JANUARY 1863 LEFT PLYMOUTH BOUND PORT ADLEAIDE ARRIVING 17TH APRIL 1863

HER FIRST TRIP BEING TO AUCKLAND, FROM LONDON IN 1866. SHE WAS UNDER THE COMMAND OF CAPTAIN CROOT FOR THIS VOYAGE. 

ON 2ND JULY 1871 ? SHE ARRIVED FROM LONDON ( IN HOBSONS BAY ? ) CAUGHT ON FIRE WITH SERIOUS LOSS OF CARGO ( SHE HAD ONLY JUST ARRIVED AND HAD NOT HAD THE TIME TO DISCHARGE MUCH CARGO )

HER LAST VOYAGE TO NEW ZEALAND WAS IN 1873, TO LYTTLETON FROM DARTMOUTH UNDER THE COMMAND OF CAPTAIN CAROLINE.

AGAIN THERE ARE REPORTS THAT HER LAST OWNERS WERE SHEHERD & CO AND COMMANDED BY CAPTAIN W BRUCE  WHICH AGAIN I BELIEVE REFERS TO THE EARLIER VESSEL CALLED MARY SHEPHERD - AS IT WOULD BE UNLIKELY THAT SHEPHERDS SOLD HER TO LIDGETTS & SONS ONLY TO BUY HER BACK AGAIN A FEW YEARS LATER

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  MARY SHEPHERD

MARY SHEPHERD WAS A CLIPPER SHIP OF 550 / 625 TONS BUILT IN 1848 IN SUNDERLAND .SHE WAS OWNED BY SHEPHERDS OF LONDON

SHE SAILED FROM LONDON ( IN 1849 OR LAST PART OF 1848 )  ARRIVING IN PORT PHILLIP ON 4TH APRIL 1849

MARY SHEPHERD


MARY SHEPHERD WAS A VESSEL OF 588 TONS BUILT IN SUNDERLAND IN 1859 . HER FINAL OWNERS WERE  SCOTT & CO AND REGISTERED IN LONDON

CAPTAIN ROBERT THOMAS COMMANDED

ON 5TH JULY LEFT LONDON ( VIA GRAVESEND ) ARRIVED PORT ADELAIDE 28TH OCTOBER 1859

I THINK THIS INFORMATION COULD WELL REFER TO THE MARY SHEPHERD OF 1858 - INFORMATION IS BEING CONFUSED BETWEEN THE TWO VESSELS