CAROLINE

CAROLINE WAS BUILT IN GLASGOW IN 1854,SHE WAS A VESSEL OF 984 TONS AND  WAS OWNED BY N.LANDEN AND CHARTERED BY SHAW SAVILLE & CO IN 1874  FOR HER FIRST VOYAGE FOR THE COMPANY.SHE LEFT LONDON ON THE 25TH MARCH,STOPPING AT QUEENSTOWN, AND THEN ONTO ST.VINCENT AND THUS ONTO PORT CHALMERS, ARRIVING THERE ON THE 12TH JULY. IN 1880 SHE DID ONE VOYAGE ONLY TO WELLINGTON, LEAVING LONDON  ON THE 6TH JANUARY AND ARRIVING ON THE 29TH APRIL. IN 1883 SHE DID A FURTHER VOYAGE FOR THE COMPANY HAVING LEFT GREENOCK ON THE 19TH FEBRUARY, ARRIVING IN PORT CHALMERS ON THE 23RD MAY.THIS VOYAGE WAS ABOUT A MONTH AFTER THE LOSS OF THE WILD DEER AND SHE HAD ONBOARD ABOUT TWO HUNDRED & FORTY OUT OF THE THREE HUNDRED PASSENGERS FROM THE WILD DEER.