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DIRIGO

DIRIGO WAS A WOODEN VESSEL MADE OF OAK AND PINE WITH HER HULL SHEATHED IN METAL AND  FASTENED WITH IRON BOLTS.

SHE WAS A VESSEL OF 1,282 TONS BUILT IN NEW BRUNSWICK IN 1854. HER OWNERS WERE COLTART & CO AND SHE WAS REGISTERED IN LIVERPOOL.

SHE LEFT LIVERPOOL 8TH AUGUST 1854 ARRIVING IN PORT ADELAIDE 21ST NOVEMBER 1854. CAPTAIN JOSEPH TREVILLICK WAS IN COMMAND.SHE WAS ORIGINALLY GOING TO LEAVE FROM BIRKENHEAD ON THE 23RD JUNE.THE VOYAGE WAS PROBLEMATIC DUE TO A OUTBREAK OF CHOLERA ONBOARD


SHE LEFT LIVERPOOL ON 27TH / 28TH NOVEMBER 1858,WHEN SHE WAS OFF THE COAST OFF IRELAND SHE HAD TO PUT BACK INTO MILFORD HAVEN ON 4TH JANUARY 1859 BECAUSE OF HEAVY WEATHER WHERE SHE ALSO HAD SOME STORM DAMAGED REPAIRED SHE RESUMED HER VOYAGE AND ARRIVED IN MELBOURNE ON 28TH MARCH 1859 WITH CAPTAIN JONES IN COMMAND.SHE HAD 400 GOVERNMENT ASSISTED IMMIGRANTS ONBOARD - THIS VOYAGE WAS ON A WHITE STAR LINE CHARTER FROM COLTART & CO

DIRIGO A VESSEL OF 1,200 TONS WAS CHARTERED BY THE WHITE STAR LINE IN 1859 AND SHE MADE A VOYAGE FROM LIVERPOOL TO MELBOURNE IN 1859 ( THIS IS THE  DIRIGO  THE WHITE STAR CHARTERED FOR THE ABOVE VOYAGE )

THE DIRIGO ( 1,182 TONS )  ARRIVED IN SYDNEY ON 13TH APRIL 1860 HAVING LEFT ( UK ?) ON 27TH DECEMBER 1859



  

 

THE BELOW VESSELS HAD NO WHITE STAR LINE CONECTION AND ARE FOR REFERENCE ONLY

DIRIGO

 BUILT IN 1851 SHE WAS A VESSEL OF 254 TONS - HULL COVERED IN YELLOW METEL IN 1857. SHE WAS OWNED BY C LAMB AND HER MASTER WAS CAPTIAN R EAGER

DID AT LEAST ONE VOYAGE TO  ALGOA BAY

DIRIGO

DIRIGO OUT OF BOSTON WAS A VESSEL OF 608 TONS. SHE MADE A VOAGE FROM BOSTON TO SYDNEY ( NSW ) 19TH SEPTEMBER 1860. CAPTAIN G T EMERY IN COMMAND

DIRIGO

DIRIGO BUILT IN BATH ( USA ) WAS A  VESSEL OF 3,005 TONS.SHE WAS OWNED BY SA SEWELL & CO UP UNTIL 1915 AND THEN SOLD TO OWNERS FROM SAN FRANSICO.

SHE WAS SUNK BY A GERMAN SUBMARINE OF THE COAST OF IRELAND IN 1917

 

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