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DON GUILLERMO
DON GUILLERMO WAS A VESSEL OF 599 TONS BUILT BY EVANS & CO OF LIVERPOOL AND LAUNCHED IN SEPTEMBER 1866
SHE WAS OWNED BY T H ISMAY FROM 1866 AND FOR THE NEXT TEN YEARS SHE WAS ON THE SOUTH AMERICAN ROUTE LIVERPOOL TO SOUTH AMERICA RUN AND THEN ONTO NEW ZEALAND
IN 1877 SHE WAS SOLD TO CONRAD PAULSEN & CO OF ELSFLETH , GERMANY ( THOU SOME RECORDS SAY THEY WERE BASED IN LIVERPOOL )
SHE WAS WRECKED IN 1882 IN THE VAN ISLANDS. SHE
HAD LEFT BRISBANE FOR APIA ON JANUARY 17TH 1882 WITH CAPTAIN JOHANNSEN IN
COMMAND. SHE FOUNDERED AT VAU VAU IN A HURRICANE CARRYING A CARGO OF COBRA (
COCONUT HUSK, USED TO BE USED TO MAKE SOAP, ROPE AND COCONUT MATTING ) . THE
CREW TOOK TO THEIR LIFEBOAT WHICH CAPSIZED. THE CAPTAIN AND FIVE OF THE OFFICERS
DIED . ONLY FIVE OF THE CREW SURVIVED