CELAENO

 CELAENO OFTEN REFERRED TO AS 'LITTLE CELAENO' WAS A VESSEL OF 702 TONS HAVING BEEN BUILT IN ABERDEEN IN 1863  BY ALEXANDER HALL

HER FIRST OWNERS WERE J & D PARKER OF LONDON

BY 1870 SHE WAS OWNED BY THOMAS RHOADES OF LONDON AND IN 1880 SHE WAS OWNED BY GEORGE MITCHELL ALSO OF LONDON 

 HER MAIDEN VOYAGE IN 1864 WAS TO PORT CHALMERS, HER CAPATAIN AT THIS TIME WAS CAPTAIN RENAUT - CAPTAIN CHARLES H RENAUT FIRST WORKED ON HIS FATHERS SHIP AROUND 1848 TRADING TO NEW ZEALAND

HE WAS MASTER OF CELAENO FROM 1867 TO 1873

HE THEN WENT ON TO BECOME MASTER OF THE CRUSADER FROM 1874 TO 1876 AND THEN MASTER OF THE PLEIONE FROM 1876 TO 1887

IN 1879 CAPTAIN PAYNE WAS IN COMMAND FOR THE VOYAGE TO NAPIER.

OTHER PORTS VISITED DURING HER CAREER WERE WELLINGTON, NAPIER,LYTTLETON AND PORT CHALMERS

SHE SAILED FROM GRAVESEND ON 2ND NOVEMBER 1871 AND ARRIVED IN WELLINGTON ON 2ND FEBRUARY 1872

IN 1871 ( MUST HAVE BEEN THE ABOVE VOYAGE FROM GRAVESEND ) SHE CARRIED THE FIRST NORWEGIAN AND SWEDISH IMMIGRANTS ON ASSISTED PASSAGES, HAVING BEEN ASSURED BY THE NORWEGIAN IMMIGRATION AGENCY THAT THE MAORI DID NOT EAT PEOPLE ANYMORE.

 SHE WAS CHARTERED BY SHAW SAVILL & CO AND MADE ELEVEN VOYAGES TO NEW ZEALAND BETWEEN 1864 AND 1879. SHE ONLY MADE ELEVEN VOYAGES TO NEW ZEALAND AND WAS ON A SHAW SAVILL CHARTER FOR ALL ELEVEN