BEEJAPORE

  BEEJAPORE WAS  A FULL RIGGED CLIPPER SHIP OF 1,676 TONS HAVING BEEN BUILT IN 1851 AT ST JOHN.SHE WAS OWNED BY WILLIS & CO OF LIVERPOOL SHE WAS THE SISTER SHIP TO THE MARCO POLO

IN 1851 SHE LEFT ENGLAND BOUND FOR NEW YORK, ARRIVING 19TH NOVEMBER OF THE SAME YEAR.CAPTAIN J McLAY BEING IN COMMAND..

SHE LEFT LIVERPOOL ON 12TH OCTOBER 1852 AND ARRIVED IN PORT JACKSON ON 6TH JANUARY 1853.SHE WAS PLACED UNDER QUARANTINE ON ARRIVAL DUE TO A BREAKOUT OF MEASLES ONBOARD. ON ROUTE FIFTY SIX IMMIGRANTS HAD  DIED, FIFTY FIVE OF THEM BEING CHILDREN.SHE LEFT PORT JACKSON ON THE 18TH MARCH 1853  BOUND FOR CALLAO IN PERU.

IN 1857 SHE DID A VOYAGE TO SYDNEY. .

  THE WHITE STAR LINE CHARTERED HER FROM WILLIS & CO  FOR A VOYAGE TO AUSTRALIA LEAVING MAY 1858 WITH CAPTAIN DRENNING BEING IN COMMAND.SHE WAS CHARTERED AGAIN IN NOVEMBER 1859 WITH CAPTAIN DRENNING STILL IN COMMAND.

 IN 1863 SHE DID  A VOYAGE TO KEPPEL BAY, QUEENSLAND - SHE LEFT KEPPEL BAY FOR A VOYAGE TO CALLAO BUT WAS LOST