NO IMAGE AVAILABLE

CORNWALLIS

CORNWALLIS WAS A VESSEL OF 1,215 TONS BUILT BY VERNON & CO OF LIVERPOOL AND LAUCHED IN 1862.THE WHITE STAR LINE CHARTERED HER FROM L YOUNG & CO OF LIVERPOOL  IN 1870 AND SHE DID A VOYAGE FOR THEM FROM LIVERPOOL TO SYDNEY IN NONEMBER OF THAT YEAR.CAPTAIN G BOWN WAS IN COMMAND.

THE IMAGE IS OF THE VESSEL CORNWALLIS BUT I'M NOT 100% SURE WHICH ONE

CORNWALLIS

 CORNWALLIS WAS A THREE MASTED VESSEL OF 648 TONS BUILT IN 1856 BY T W SMITH OF NEWCASTLE SHE WAS OWNED BY THE BUILDERS.

SHE ARRIVED ON 27TH AUGUST 1865 AT PORT ADELAIDE FROM LONDON HAVING LEFT ON 20TH MAY 1865 GOING VIA PLYMOUTH ( 3RD JUNE 1865 ) WITH CAPTAIN T VAILE IN COMMAND ARRIVING WITH 283 GOVERNMENT IMMIGRANTS ONBOARD A PASSAGE OF 83 DAYS

SHE WAS WRECKED ON  PITCAIRN  ISLAND ON  JANUARY 1875. SHE  WAS ON VOYAGE FROM SAN FRANSICO TO LIVERPOOL, SHE STOPPED AT PICAIRN ISLAND AND THE CAPTAIN WENT
ASHORE.A SHORT TIME AFTERWARDS THE SHIP COULD BE SEEN DRIFTING TOWARDS SHORE.SHE STRUCK SOME SUBMERGED ROCKS A FEW FEET FROM SHORE.DURING THE NIGHT THERE WAS A HEAVY GALE AND THE VESSEL WAS LOST.THE AMERCIAN SHIP DAUNTLESS ARRIVED AND TOOK THE CREW TO NEW YORK

 I AM NOT SURE IF SHE WAS EVER CHARTERED BY THE WHITE STAR LINE OR NOT I PUT THIS INFORMATION HERE  FOR REFERENCE ONLY AS ITS EASY TO CONFUSE THE TWO SHIPS AND WHICH VOYAGES ARE ATTRIBUTED TO WHICH CORNWALLIS IS DIFFICULT TO SAY


THERE HAVE BEEN OTHER SHIPS CALLED  CORNWALLIS I.E  1804 AND 1787