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BUCTON CASTLE  

BUCTON CASTLE  WAS A VESSEL OF 886 TONS BEING BUILT IN BIDEFORD IN 1857.

SHE DID A VOYAGE FROM LIVERPOOL TO SYDNEY STARTING 18TH MAY 1863 WITH CAPTAIN WILLIAM RIDLEY IN COMMAND

THE WHITE STAR LINE CHARTERED HER FROM J LEECH & CO OF LIVERPOOL SHE MADE TWO VOYAGES FOR THEM  THE  FIRST WAS IN JULY 1868 WHEN SHE SAILED FOR MELBOURNE UNDER THE COMMAND OF CAPTAIN McDUGGAN AND AGAIN IN 1869 IN APRIL 1869 UNDER THE COMMAND OF CAPTAIN DODD.

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