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BLANCHE MOORE

BUILT BY DONALD McKAY AT HIS EAST BOSTON SHIP YARD FOR CHARLES MOORE & CO OF LIVERPOOL IN 1854, SHE WAS A VESSEL OF 1,837 TONS. CHARLES MOORE ALSO OWNED THE 'TAYLEUR' THE LARGEST VESSEL TO DATE TO HAVE BEEN BUILT IN AN ENGLISH SHIPYARD.

 IN 1856 SHE HAD BEEN CHARTERED BY THE BLACK BALL LINE AND SHE REMAINED ON THIS CHARTERED UP UNTIL ABOUT 1862, WHEN SHE WAS PURCHASED BY JAMES BAINE, WHO I THINK THEN CHARTERED HER TO THE WHITE STAR LINE, FOR A WHILE.

AFTER A FURTHER TEN YEARS SERVICE SHE WAS DEEMED NOT TO BE IN GOOD ENOUGH CONDITION TO CARRY PASSENGERS.

SHE WORKED ON THE INDIAN COAST, AND DID NOT RETURN TO ENGLAND UNTIL 1866 WHEN SHE WAS SOLD TO H T WILSON, BUT THIS SEEMED SHORT LIVED AS SHE WAS SOLD IN 1866   ( CHARTERED? ) TO THE WHITE STAR LINE. SHE WAS WRECKED IN APRIL OF THE FOLLOWING YEAR.