BLUE JACKET

BUILT IN 1854 BY ROBERT JACKSON OF BOSTON, USA. SHE WAS A VESSEL OF 1790 TONS. SHE WAS LAUNCHED IN AUGUST 1854. OWNERS WERE SECCOMB & TAYLOR OF BOSTON. IN 1854 SHE WAS ALSO SOLD ONTO JAMES FROSTS FOX LINE (AUSTRALIAN PACKETS) IN 1869 WHILST OF THE FALKLAND ISLANDS ON A RETURN TRIP FROM LYTTLETON, SHE CAUGHT FIRE AND HAD TO BE ABANDONED BY HER CREW AND SANK ON 5TH MARCH 1869. A WEEK LATER THE CREW WERE PICKED UP BY THE PYRMONT OUT OF BREMEN.

SHE WAS CHARTERED TO SHAW SAVILL & CO AT ONE STAGE AND DID ABOUT FOUR TRIPS FROM LONDON TO LYTTLETON, ALSO ONE TRIP UNDER THE WHITE STAR FLAG TO WELLINGTON AND AUCKLAND. THERE WERE TWO VESSELS NAMED BLUE JACKET  BUT I AM UNABLE TO ASCERTAIN WHICH OF THE BLUE JACKETS WAS THE SHAW SAVILL & CO CHARTERED ONE.

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BLUE JACKET

BLUE JACKET WAS A VESSEL OF 986 TONS BUILT BY McLACHLAN & CO OF CARLETON IN NEW BRUNWICK IN 1858 FOR WILSON & CHAMBERS.SHE LEFT ON A VOYAGE TO AUSTRALE IN FEBRUARY 1859 ..SHE RETURNED AND WAS THEN PLACED ON THE INDIA ROUTE.SHE WAS LOST IN 1863 ON SAUGOR ISLAND

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BLUE JACKET 

BLUE JACKET OWNED BY H T WILSON & CO OF LIVERPOOL  ( JAMES CHAMBERS HAD SHARES IN HER ALSO )

SHE CAUGHT FIRE AND WAS ABANDINED OF THE FALKLAND ISLANDS IN 1869

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