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COLUMBINE

COLUMBINE WAS A VESSEL OF 956 TONS CHARTERED BY H T WILSON & CO FOR A VOYAGE FROM LIVERPOOL TO SYDNEY IN 1857

3RD JULY 1848 ARRIVED IN USA CARRYING PASSENGER FROM THE UK

2ND OCTOBER 1849 ARRIVED IN USA CARRYING PASSENGER FROM THE UK

18TH MAY 1850 ARRIVED IN USA CARRYING PASSENGER FROM THE UK

THE BELOW IS FOR REFERENCE ONLY THERE WAS NO WHITE STAR CONNECTION WITH THESE VESSELS

COLUMBINE

COLUMBINE WAS A TWO MASTED BRIG OF 176 TONS BUILT BY ALEXANDER HALL & SONS IN 1839  SHE WAS OWNED BY J TABLEY OF LIVERPOOL BUT WAS CHARTERED TO FOWLER & CO OF LIVERPOOL

ON A VOYAGE FROM LIVERPOOL TO GEELONG ( HAVING ARRIVED AT HER DESTINATION ) ON 1ST APRIL 1854 SHE HIT THE REEF OUTSIDE PORT PHILLIP.

THE SHIPS MASTER HAD REFUSED A PILOT AND THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF WHY THE VESSEL WAS LOST REMAIN UNCLEAR SHE WAS COMMANDED AT THE TIME BY CAPTAIN A McLENNAN

THERE WAS ANOTHER COLUMBINE A BARQUE OF 327 TONS REGISTERED IN HULL  THERE WAS ALSO A MUCH LATER VESSEL CALLED    COLUMBINE A STEAMSHIP BUILT IN 1921 AND SUNK BY U-198 IN 1944