AUCKLAND

BUILT 1874 BY ROBERT DUNCAN A VESSEL OF 1,308 TONS. SHE WAS SOLD TO NORWAY IN 1904 AND WRECKED OF SW AFRICA ON 6TH MARCH  1909 ( POSSESSION ISLAND )

SHE SAILED FROM GLASGOW TWELVE TIMES, FROM LONDON EIGHT TIMES AND THREE TIMES  FROM SHARPNESS GOING TO AUCKLAND WELLINGTON LYTTELTON AND DUNEDIN

AUCKLAND

AUCKLAND A STEAM VESSEL  OF 699 TONS BUILT IN 1863 AT NEW CASTLE ON TYNE AND USED ON THE LONDON TO NEW ZEALAND ROUTE

10TH AUGUST 1863 WITH CAPTAIN GIBSON IN COMMAND SHE ROUNDED NAPIER BLUFF AND HIT  A UNCHARTERED ROCK. NO DAMAGE DONE.THEY FAILED TO TAKE A ACCURATE BEARING OF WHERE THE ROCK LAY AND IT TOOK SOME TIME BEFORE THE HAZARD COULD BE RELOCATED AND MARKED ON A CHART 

THE TWO BELOW VOYAGES MOST LIKELY ARE THE SAME VESSEL AS ITS THE SAME CAPTAIN IN COMMAND

AUCKLAND OF LONDON A VESSEL OF 533 TONS WITH  CAPTAIN FREDRICK DENHOME GIBSON IN COMMAND LEFT MELBORNE AND ARRIVED IN SYDNEY 13TH JULY 1863

SHE LEFT AUCKLAND WITH CAPTAIN F D GIBSON IN COMMAND AND ARRIVED IN SYDNEY 7TH DECEMBER 1863