AVALANCHE

AVALANCHE WAS A VESSEL OF 1,160 / 1,210 TONS. SHE HAD BEEN BUILT IN 1874 BY A HALL & CO.SHE WAS OWNED BY SAVILL & TEMPLE AND HAD BEEN REGISTERED IN SOUTHAMPTON. SHE WAS OPERATED BY SHAW SAVILL & CO  WHO USED HER ON THE NEW ZEALAND PASSENGER TRADE

  1877 SHE SAILED FOR WELLINGTON BUT  IN HEAVY RAIN AND HIGH SEAS SHE COLLIDED IN THE ENGLISH CHANNEL WITH THE AMERICAN VESSEL 'FOREST QUEEN' SHORTLY AFTER LEAVING PORT BOUND FOR WELLINGTON AND  SANK IN  A FEW MINUTES,  ALL BUT THREE OF THE  NINETY PASSENGERS AND CREW ON BOARD HER DROWNED.

THE 'FOREST QUEEN' WAS ABANDONED BY HER CREWWHO TOOK TO THEIR LIFE BOATS,ONLY TWELVE OF THIS VESSELS CREW SURVIVED.THE 'FOREST QUEEN' SANK AN HOUR AFTER BEING ABANDONED BY ITS CREW.

AVALANCHE

AVALANCHE WAS A WOODEN VESSEL OF 753 TONS  BUILT IN DUNDEE  IN 1853 SHE WAS OWNED BY PARK BROTHERS AND HAD BEEN REGISTERED IN FRASBERG. HER MASTER WAS CAPTAIN STOTT AND SHE WAS USED ON THE LONDON TO NEW ZEALAND ROUTE

FOR REFERENCE ONLY AND HELP IDENTIFY THE SHAW SAVILL VESSEL CORRECTLY