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AIREDALE

AIRDALE WAS A  VESSEL OF 345 / 400 TONS BUILT IN 1857 BY RICHARDSON DUCK & CO LTD AT STOCKTON ON TEES SHE WAS FITTED  TWO 35 HP STEAM ENGINES

SHE FOLLOWED IN THE LORD ASHLEY AND THE LORD WORSLEY STEPS, BEING DESPATCHED THE FOLLOWING YEAR, IN 1859 TO NELSON FROM THE U.K ARRIVING ON AUGUST 3RD.

ON 13TH FEBRUARY 1871 SHE LEFT MANAUKAU AND HIT A REEF NEAR TANIWHA POINT, NORTH TARANAKI. CAPTAIN KENNEDY WAS IN COMMAND

SHE HAD ALSO BEEN USED DURING THE CRIMEA WAR