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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



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