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DELHI

DELHI WAS A  THREE MASTED IRON BARQUE OF  675 TONS BUILT IN 1835 ( THERE IS A REFERENCE TO HER BEING BUILT IN 1863 BY RICHARD & CO OF NEWCASTLE ) THE WHITE STAR LINE CHARTERED HER FROM HOLMES & CO OF LONDON IN 1870  AND SHE SAILED FROM LIVERPOOL TO  OTAGO IN APRIL 1870 WITH CAPTAIN NICHOLS IN COMMAND  

 DELHI WAS ON  VOYAGE FROM MANILLA TO SYDNEY WHEN SHE WAS WRECKED ON A REEF ( ON INDISPENSABLE REEF ? ) ON THURSDAY 14TH SEPTEMBER 1871 AT 5 PM IN THE VICINITY OF BENNELL'S ISLAND ABOUT TWO MILES FROM SHORE. THEY HAD THOUGHT THEY WOULD CLEAR THE REEF BY 15 MILES.CAPTAIN NICHOLS WAS IN COMMAND WHO ALSO HAD HIS WIFE ONBOARD WITH HIM AND 17 CREW MEMBERS .THE CAPTAIN ORDERED THE VESSEL TO BE ABANDONED.
THERE WAS NOTHING IN THE SHIPS BOAT NO COMPASS OR CHARTS, BUT THERE WAS A SMALL QUANTITY OF FOOD AND WATER IN THE BOAT.THE MASTER SET SAIL TOWARDS THE SOLOMON ISLAND GROUP, ON THE 18TH SEPTEMBER IN THE AFTERNOON AT 4 PM THEY CAME UP TO RONONGO ISLAND WHERE THEY WERE INFORMED THAT ANOTHER VESSEL HAD JUST LEFT TWO DAYS EARLIER  AND WAS SAILING TOWARDS THE ISLAND OF VILLA LAVELLA.WITH THE HELP OF THREE OF THE NATIVES THE ISLAND WAS REACHED AND THE TRADING VESSEL LAVINIA WAS STILL THERE.THE LAVINIA'S  MASTER, CAPTAIN BRODIE TOOK THE SURVIVORS ONBOARD HIS VESSEL. AT THE TIME OF HER LOSS SHE WAS OWNED BY J WORRALL & CO OF LIVERPOOL

BUILT 1863 BY RICHARD & CO OF NEWCASTLE ? ? - BUILDER NEEDS CONFIRMING AS DO THE OWNERS - I'M SURE ITS THE SAME VESSEL WITH AN ERROR REGARDING  THE BUILD DATE AND NO INFORMATION REGARDING CHANGE OF OWNERS AVAILABLE

BE AWARE THERE WAS ANOTHER VESSEL CALLED DELHI BUILT IN 1864 AND SOLD TO RAEBURN, VEREL & CO OF GLASGOW IN 1881 ( I THINK SHE WAS OWNED BY P & O )