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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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