CAMPERDOWN

CAMPERDOWN WAS BUILT IN 1874 BY STEPHENS OF GLASGOW. SHE WAS A CLIPPER SHIP OF 1487 TONS.

IN 1876 SHE DID A TRIP FROM LONDON TO NELSON,THEN ONTO MARLBOROUGH AND WELLINGTON FOR SHAW SAVILLE & CO, CARRYING 400 IMMIGRANTS.233 IMMIGRANTS LANDED AT NELSON AND MARLBOROUGH THE REST TAKEN ONTO WELLINGTON THE SHIPS MASTER ON THIS VOYAGE WAS CAPTAIN PATON.HER AGENTS SEEM TO HAVE BEEN W & G TURNBULL & CO.