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ALBERT WILLIAM

A VESSEL OF 503 TONS SHE LEFT  THE UK ON 6TH AUGUST 1863 REACHING PORT CHALMERS NOVEMBER 23RD 1863. THE FOLLOWING YEAR SHE ARRIVED IN AUCKLAND ON 3RD DECEMBER 1864 HAVING LEFT THE UK ON 10TH AUGUST 1864 CAPTAIN WALKER  IN COMMAND. I THINK THE 1863 VOYAGE TO PORT CHALMERS WAS UNDER A WHITE STAR CHARTER  AND THE 1864 VOYAGE WAS UNDER A SHAW SAVILL CHARTER.

 

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ALBERT WILLIAMS

ALBERT WILLIAMS WAS A STEAMSHIP OF 505 TONS THAT WHITE STAR AQUIRED IN 1854.WHITE STAR BOASTED THAT SHE WAS THE FASTEST SHIP ON THE AUSTRALIAN RUN.

 ALBERT WILLIAM/ALBERT WILLIAMS - SAME SHIP ?

ITS DIFFICULT TO RESEARCH THIS VESSEL AS SHE IS REFERED TO AS ALBERT WILLIAM AND ALSO ALBERT WILLIAMS - I TEND TO THINK THAT ALL THE REFERENCES TO THIS VESSEL ON THIS PAGE ARE ACTUALLY FOR THE SAME VESSEL

 

 

 

 

 

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ALBERT WILLIAMS / ELSE

ALBERT WILLIAMS A BARQUE OF 505 TONS BUILT BY LAING & CO OF SUNDERLAND  IN MAY 1863 .

SHE WAS OWNED BY  WILLIAM & CHAMBERS. IN 1867 SHE WAS TAKEN OVER BY THE ROYAL BANK OF LIVERPOOL.SHE RAN AGROUND NR SOUTHPORT IN 1888. SHE WAS SALVAGED AND REPAIRED AS A BARQUENTINE.SHE WAS WRECKED AT HAMELIN IN AUGUST OF 1900 ON A VOYAGE FROM S.AFRICA TO TH UK.SHE WAS CHARTERED BY THE WHITE STAR LINE ALSO.

 

ALBERT WILLIAMS WAS BUILT IN 1863 AND WAS A IRON BARQUE OF 487 TONS.SHE WAS OWNED BY WILSON & CHAMLBERS. SHE HAD BEEN REGISTERED IN LIVERPOOL

IN 1889 SHE WAS RENAMED ELSE

IN 1875 SHE WAS OWNED BY BROOKS PRIESTLY OF LIVERPOOL


IN 1879 SHE WAS OWNED BY ARTHUR BILBROUGH OF LIVERPOOL


IN 1885 HER OWNERS WERE JOSEPH WALKER ALLONBY OF LIVERPOOL


IN 1890 SHE WAS OWNED BY JAMES GIFFORD MICHOLSON OF LIVERPOOL. SHE WAS RERIGGED AS A BARQUENTINE AROUND THIS PERIOD

IN 1889 SHE WAS OWNED BY A GERMAN COMPANY

IN 1894 IT WAS J J NICOLAI WHO OWNED HER


AND FINALLY IN 1933 SHE WAS OWNED BY VICTORIA LIGHTERAGE LTD OF MELBOURNE

SHE WAS WRECKED AT HAMELIN BAY ON 2ND SEPTEMBER 1900 BUT STILL SEEMED TO BE IN SERVICE IN 1955 WHEN SHE WAS WRECKED AGAIN NR POINT GELIBRAND


THE WRECK WAS BROKEN UP IN 1962

 

 

 

 

 

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