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ANGELITA
ANGELITA WAS AN IRON BRIGANTINE OF 129 / 134 TONS BUILT IN 1859 FOR ISMAY & NELSON BY ALEXANDER STEPHENS OF SCOTLAND.
IN 1861 WITH CAPTAIN PETER GARINER-DOW IN COMMAND SHE WAS IN HONDURAS LOADING MAHOGANY FOR LIVERPOOL.SHE LEFT HONDURAS ON 26TH NOVEMBER 1861 BOUND DIRECTLY FOR LIVERPOOL .ALMOST HOME THE VESSEL TRIED TO TAKE SHELTER FROM A VIOLENT STORM ON 24TH JANUARY 1862 AT 2.00 AM BY ANCHORING OFF FURZE ISLAND, BUT A CABLE PARTED AND SHE WAS BLOWN INTO DUMANUS BAY AND DRIFTED ONTO THE ROCKS OF HORSE ISLAND, SHE SLID OF THE ROCKS INTO DEEP WATER AND WAS LOST.
ANGELITA
ANGELITA ARRIVED IN SAVANNAH GEORGIA ON 30TH OCTOBER 1858
THE OWNERS JOACHIM SELVAS, CHARLES MARES AND J G CASSIMERAS WERE
CHARGED WITH FITTING HER OUT TO BE USED AS A SLAVE SHIP.
THE DEFENDENTS WERE ACQUITTTED THE FOLLOWING MAY. IT WAS A COMPLICATED AFFAIR
WITH REPORTS OF THE JURY BEING TAMPERED WITH.
SELVAS AND MARES SAYING THEY WERE UNAWARE THAT THE SHIP HAD BEEN FITTED OUT FOR THIS PURPOSE
FOR REFERENCE ONLY - AS THIS VESSEL IS
MORE OR LESS IN THE SAME TIME FRAME AS THE
ISMAY ( WHITE STAR ) VESSEL