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DONNA MARIA / BEACONSFIELD

  DONNA MARIA WAS A VESSEL OF 810 TONS BUILT BY VALIN & CO IN QUEBEC AND LAUNCHED IN MAY 1861.

BY 1862 SHE WAS OWNED BY H T WILSON.CAPTAIN COUTH WAS IN COMMAND.

SHE WAS PLACED ON THE S.AMERICA ROUTE CERTAINLY BY 1864

SHE WAS SOLD TO STEWART OF LIVERPOOL AND THEN TO THOMPSON OF SOUTH SHIELDS IN 1866.SHE CHANGED HANDS AGAIN TO T TILLEY & CO OF SOUTH SHIELDS IN 1877.


SHE DID A VOYAGE FROM HAVANA TO NEW YORK 21ST JUNE 1862 - VOYAGE ORIGINATED IN RIO DE JANERIO WITH SHIP STOPPING TO PICK PASSENGERS UP IN CUBA

ON 24TH NOVEMBER 1877 SHE WAS LOST IN THE ENGLISH CHANNEL




PORT FAIRY / DONA MARIA / ITALIAN

SHE WAS BUILT IN 1887 BY WIGHAM RICHARDSON & CO AT WALKER ON TYNE AND WAS A VESSEL OF 2,539 TONS.SHE HAD THREE MASTS BUT WAS ALSO FITTED WITH A SINGLE SCREW STEAM ENGINE GIVING HER A SPEED OF 11 KNOTS.
SHE WAS LAUNCHED ON 18TH OCTOBER 1887 FOR UK OWNERS
SHE WAS SOLD IN 1892 TO THE ANDRESEN LINE OF PORTUGAL AND RENAMED DONA MARIA.
IN 1907 SHE WAS SOLD TO THE BOOTH LINE AND RETURNED TO HER ORIGINAL NAME OF PORT FAIRY

SHE WAS THEN SOLD TO ELLERMAN LINE IN 1909 AND RENAMED ITALIAN

SHE WAS SCAPPED IN PRESTON IN 1913

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THERE WAS ANOTHER  VESSEL CALLED DONNA MARIA A SCHOONER OF 137 TONS.1874

 

ITS IMPORTANT TO BE AWARE OF THE DIFFERENT SPELLING OF THE NAME  DONNA MARIE WHEN RESEARCHING

 

 

BEACONSFIELD

BEACONSFIELD WAS BUILT IN 1877 BY JONES OFF NOVA SCOTIA AND WAS A VESSEL OF 1,450 TONS

SHE LEFT PUGET SOUND ON 23RD MARCH 1893 BOUND FOR PORT PIRIE ARRIVING ( GOING AGROUND ) 27TH JUNE 1893 ON SHOALWATER POINT NR FRANKLIN HARBOUR LOADED WITH TIMBER

SHE WAS EVENTUALLY PULLED OFF THE SHOAL BY THE TUG 'ADELAIDE' ON 28TH JUNE AFTER SOME OF THE CARGO HAD BEEN TAKEN OFF TO MAKE HER LIGHTER

SHE WAS OWNED BY RRUUSGAARD KJOSTERUD & CO ( NORWAY )

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