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BEAUTIFUL STAR 

BEAUTIFUL STAR WAS A 546 TONS CARVEL WITH  3 MASTS BUILT IN 1861 BY DUTHIE'S IN ABERDEEN

SHE WAS OWNED BY JOHN COOK & SON LATER SOLD  A FRENCH COMPANY AROUND 1881 ( SHE HAD DISAPPEARED FROM THE REGISTRY BY THEN  ) BUT SEEMS TO HAVE BEEN SOLD STRAIT AWAY TO CAPTAIN G PERCHICH ( OF AUSTRIA I THINK )

HER MAIDEN VOYAGE WAS FROM ABERDEEN, LONDON AND THEN ONTO HONG KONG & FOOCHOW AND BACK TO LONDON

  SHE WAS ON A ALBION LINE CHARTER FOR A VOYAGE FROM THE CLYDE TO OTAGO AROUND 2ND MAY 1864

SHE LEFT LONDON 28TH MARCH 1875 AND ARRIVED PORT ADELAIDE 11TH JULY 1875 WITH CAPTAIN G MORGAN IN COMMAND ( I AM NOT SURE IF THIS WAS A ALBION LINE CHARTER AS WELL)

SHE WAS REDUCED TO THE STATUS OF BARQUE AROUND 1881 AND USED ON THE WEST AFRICA ROUTE UNTIL 1886

SHE ARRIVED IN GENOA AND  WAS THEN SOLD TO AN ITALIAN COMPANY THERE AND DISAPPEARED FROM RECORDS AGAIN, MOST LIKELY BROKEN UP

BEAUTIFUL STAR

BUILT BY J WIGHAM RICHARDSON AT NORTHUMBERLAND IN 1862 SHE WAS A VESSEL OF 172 TONS

SHE WAS OWNED BY R WHITAKER OF SYDNEY IN 1862 ( THEN A SERIES OF AUSTRALIA/NEW ZEALAND COMPANIES )

SHE WAS LOST DUE TO A FIRE AT HOBART ON 25TH DECEMBER 1907

 SHE WAS TOWED TO NEW TOWN BAY AND SCRAPPED

*THIS SHIP HAS BEEN WRONGLY IDENTIFIED AS BEING THE VESSEL THAT MADE THE VOYAGE FROM LONDON TO PORT ADLELAIDE IN 1875 - IT WAS NOT THIS VESSEL

IT'S ALSO HIGHLY UNLIKELY THAT SHE WAS EVER CHARTERED BY THE ALBION LINE*