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LORD ASHLEY

LORD ASHLEY BUILT FOR THE NEW ZEALAND ROYAL MAIL STEAM PACKET COMPANY. SHE WAS A VESSEL OF 435 TONS. SHE WAS THE SISTER SHIP TO LORD WORSLEY.

BOTH VESSELS WERE CHARTERED IN 1858 FOR VOYAGES DOWN TO NEW ZEALAND, WITHIN DAYS OF SHAW SAVILLE & CO COMING INTO EXISTENCE,

 LORD ASHLEY LEAVING FROM MILFORD HAVEN BOUND FOR AUCKLAND AND THE LORD WORSLEY LEAVING FROM GREENHITHE TO PORT CHALMERS. BOTH VESSELS HAD ACCOMMODATION FOR 30 FIRST CLASS AND 100 SECOND CLASS PASSENGERS.

 ( LORD ASHLEY LORD ASHLEY A 237 TON STEAM SHIP WITH CAPTAIN ALEX STEWART IN COMMAND LEFT LONDON 26TH MAY 1958 AND ARRIVED AUCKLAND 14TH OCTOBER 1858 - PROBABLY THE SAME VESSEL GOING FROM LONDON TO MILFORD HAVEN AND THEN ONTO AUCKLAND - TONNAGE OF THE VESSEL DIFFERS ?? ) NEEDS VERIFYING

THESE TWO VESSELS WERE THE FIRST COMMERCIAL STEAM SHIP VESSELS TO SAIL DIRECT FROM THE U.K TO NEW ZEALAND.

THE FIRST SAILING VESSEL CHARTERED BY SHAW SAVILLE & CO, WITH DESTINATION BEING NEW ZEALAND WAS THE CHIEFTAIN, WHO LEFT GRAVESEND THREE DAYS BEFORE THE LORD ASHLEY SAILED.

BELOW IS THE SAME VESSEL I BELIEVE



LORD ASHLEY A STEAM SHIP OF 435 TONS BUILT IN 1857 AT HULL/ UK AND REGISTERED IN SYDNEY.BUILT FOR THE INTER COLONIAL ROYAL MAIL STEAM PACKET CO OF LONDON

SHE WAS SOLD TO JOHN MANNERING OF SYDNEY IN 1872 AND USED BETWEEN SYDNEY AND ROCKHAMPTON

IN 1877 SHE WAS CONVERTED INTO A COLIER

ON A VOYAGE FROM NEWCASTLE NSW TO MELBOURNE CARRYING A CARGO OF COAL SHE WAS LOST OFF TERRIGAL REEF DURING A STORM 8TH SEPTEMBER 1877


 

LORD ASHLEY


LORD ASHLEY OUT OF GRIMSBY A VESSEL OF 296 TONS. CAPTAIN EDWARD WHEELER IN COMMAND MADE A VOYAGE FROM AUCKLAND TO SYDNEY 8TH NOVEMBER 1862

 

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