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BUCKINGHAMSHIRE

BUCKINGHAMSHIRE WAS A IRON VESSEL OF 1,466 TONS BUILT BY BARCLAY CURLE & CO  IN 1868 AND OWNED BY G MARSHALL & SONS OF LONDON AND HAD BEEN REGISTERED IN LONDON 

SHE WAS CHARTERED BY SHAW SAVILLE & CO IN 1874, SAILING FROM LONDON IN MARCH OF 1874 AND ARRIVING IN OTAGO ON THE 6TH JUNE 1874, WITH EMIGRANTS AND SOME GENERAL CARGO.THE SHIPS CAPTAIN ON THIS VOYAGE WAS CAPTAIN R HARLAND.SHE WAS ALSO COMMANDED BY CAPTAIN T PAIN AT SOME STAGE

BUCKINGHAMSHIRE

BUCKINGHAMSHIRE WAS BUILT IN BOMBAY DOCKYARD IN 1816. SHE MADE ONE VOYAGE TO PORT ADELAIDE FROM LONDON VIA DEAL AND PORTSMOUTH IN 1839. BRINGING OUT 512 IMMIGRANTS AND WITH GENERAL CARGO, THERE WERE 42 CABIN PASSENGERS AND 15 IN STEERAGE ALSO CARRYING 443 'BOUNTY' EMIGRANTS WHICH INCLUDED 180 CHILDREN. SHE HAD LEFT LONDON  ON 11TH DECEMBER 1838 UNDER THE COMMAND OF CAPTAIN WILLIAM MOORE ARRIVING IN ADELAIDE ON MARCH 21ST 1839

NO SHAW SAVILL & CO CONNECTION - HERE FOR REFERENCE ONLY AND HELP STOP MIS IDENTIFICATION OF THE SHAW SAVILL CHARTERED VESSEL - SOMETIMES THESE VESSELS GET CONFUSED WITH EACH OTHER