BERAR WAS A STEEL BARQUE  OF 902 TONS BUILT BY WILLIAM PILE OF SUNDERLAND AND LAUNCHED IN 1863.SHE WAS OWNED BY TYSER & HAVISIDE

SHE WAS CHARTERED TO SHAW SAVILL & CO AND SHE DID THREE TRIPS DOWN TO NEW ZEALAND FOR THE COMPANY

SHE LEFT LONDON ON 5TH FEBRUARY 1865 AND REACHED WELLINGTON ON 10TH MAY 1865. THE SHIPS CAPTAIN FOR THIS VOYAGE WAS CAPTAIN HALL

SHE LEFT LONDON ON 22ND MAY 1873 AND REACHED AUCKLAND ON 3RD SEPTEMBER 1873 BRINGING OUT 308 IMMIGRANTS THE SHIPS DOCTOR BEING A DR CUNNINGHAM

SHE LEFT LONDON ON 18TH OCTOBER 1874 ARRIVING IN WELLINGTON ON 22ND JANAURY 1875 TWENTY ONE PEOPLE DIED OF SCARLET FEVER ON THIS VOYAGES

THE SHIPS CAPTAIN FOR THESE LAST TWO VOYAGES WAS CAPTAIN HEIGHO 

IN 1882 SHE CARRIED 424 LABOURERS FROM CALCUTTA TO FIJI ARRIVING ON JUNE 29TH 1882 IT WAS HER SECOND VISIT TO FIJI


IN 1896 AT CULVERHOLE POINT ( CHARLETON BAY DEVON - BETWEEN AXMOUTH & LYME REGIS SHE RAN AGROUND IN THICK FOG AND HIT A ROCK .

SHE HAD BEEN ON A VOYAGE FROM BORGA TO SEVILLE.SHE CARRIED A LARGE CARGO OF WOOD  AND WAS LOST ON 7TH OCTOBER 1896

 BEFORE SHE WAS LOST SHE MUST CHANGED HANDS BECAUSE SHE WAS  UNDER THE ITALIAN FLAG WHEN SHE RAN AGROUND