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CASSIOPE

CASSIOPE WAS A VESSEL OF 1,559 TONS SHE WAS CHARTERED BY THE WHITE STAR LINE IN 1880 AND MADE A VOAYGE FROM LIVERPOOL TO MELBOURNE AND ONTO CALCUTTA


SHE WAS BUILT IN 1875 BY WHITEHAVEN SHIPBUILDING CO OF WHITEHAVEN SHE WAS A VESSELOF 1,559 TONS.SHE WAS THE SISTER SHIP TO THE PARTHENNOPE ( LATER RENAMED THE PELLEGRINA O )

SHE WAS OWNED BY AUSTRALASIAN SHIPPING CO/BEAZLEY & CO

HER LAST OWNERS WERE HEAP & SONS & CO OF LIVERPOOL WHICH I THINK IS CORRECT ( BUT THERE IS A REPORT THAT WHEN SHE WAS LOST SHE WAS STILL OWNED BY THE AUSTRALASIAN SHIPPING CO UNLESS HEAP & CO HAD CHARTERED HER )

IN 1883 SHE CARRIED THE FIRST ELEPHANT TO AUSTRALIA

ON 23RD FEBRUARY 1884 SHE LEFT RANGOON BOUND FOR LIVERPOOL CARRYING A CARGO OF RICE AND WENT MISSING AT SEA.SHE WAS CARRYING THIRTY PEOPLE ONBOARD. THERE WAS A CYCLONE IN THE AREA AROUND 23RD MARCH 1884 AND IT WAS CONCLUDED THAT SHE WAS LOST DURING THE CYCLONE.

THE PELLEGRINA O ALSO WENT MISSING AT SEA IN 1907 ON A VOYAGE FROM NEW CASTLE TO NSW

 PARTHENNOPE / PELLEGRINA O

PARTHENNOPE/ PELLEGRINA O WAS THE SISTER SHIP TO CASSIOPE AND WOULD HAVE LOOKED SIMILAR SHE  WENT MISSING AT SEA IN 1907 ON A VOYAGE FROM NEW CASTLE ( UK ) TO NSW