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SHE WAS A VESSEL OF 382 TONS. SHE WAS THE FIRST SAILING SHIP CHARTERED BY SHAW SAVILLE & CO AND DESPATCHED TO NEW ZEALAND. SHE SAILED FROM GRAVESEND ON MAY 24TH 1858, BOUND FOR NELSON AND LYTTLETON. THIS WAS THREE DAYS BEFORE THE STEAM VESSEL LORD ASHLEY LEFT MILFORD HAVEN BOUND FOR  AUCKLAND.