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CHARIOT OF FAME

CHARIOT OF FAME WAS A THREE MASTED VESSEL OF 2,050 TONS. SHE WAS BUILT IN EAST BOSTON IN 1853 BY DONALD MACKAY.HER OWNERS WERE ENOCH TRAIN AND BENJAMIN BANGS OF BOSTON WHO USED HER ON THE WHITE DIAMOND PACKET LINE BETWEEN BOSTON & LIVERPOOL

H T WILSON BOUGHT HER FOR THE WHITE STAR LINE IN 1861.

SHE WAS SOLD IN LONDON IN 1862  

SHE LEFT LONDON ON 29TH OCTOBER 1862 AND ARRIVED IN LYTTLETON ON JANUARY 29TH 1863 CARRYING 430 GOVERNMENT ASSISTED IMMIGRANTS AND 30 PASSENGERS WITH CAPTAIN KERR IN COMMAND 

 SHE WAS USED ON THE LIVERPOOL TO MELBORNE ROUTE, WITH CAPTAIN KERR IN COMMAND.IN 1864 SHE WAS COMMANDED BY CAPTAIN CLARKE.SHE WAS SOLD IN 1864 TO HUTCHINS & CO OF LIVERPOOL IN 1866.SHE WAS ON A VOYAGE FROM THE CHINCHA ISLANDS  ( THREE SMALL ISLANDS NORTHWEST OF PARACAS BAY, SOUTHWEST PERU ) TO CORK AND HAD TO BE ABANDONED IN JANUARY 1876. 

SHE LEFT QUEENSTOWN ON 7TH OCTOBER 1863 ARRIVING IN AUCKLAND ON 8TH JANUARY 1864 CARRYNG 520 TROPPS FOR THE MAORI WAR

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SOME DATES HERE CONFLICT IN 1868  ? SHE WAS SOLD TO WILSON & CHAMBERS WITH COMMAND OF THE VESSEL BEING GIVEN TO CAPTAIN KERR AND IN 1869 WAS SOLD TO PATTON OF SOUTH SHIELDS - NEEDS A BIT MORE RESEARCH

 

 

 

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