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DUKE OF NEWCASTLE

DUKE OF NEWCASTLE WAS A VESSEL OF 902 / 993 TONS. SHE HAD BEEN BUILT IN 1861 IN QUEBEC BY LEE.SHE WAS ORIGINALLY REGISTERED IN QUEBEC AND THEN RE REGISTERED THE FOLLOWING YEAR IN LIVERPOOL. SHE WAS OWNED BY W JEFFERY IN 1861 THEN CHANGED HANDS TO JAMES  BAINES & CO IN 1862

SHE SAILED FOR LIVERPOOL IN 1861 THEN ONTO AUSTRALIA IN 1862.

THE WHITE STAR LINE CHARTERED HER FROM BAINES & CO IN 1862 AND SHE SAILED FROM LIVERPOOL VIA CORK TO AUSTRALIA

IN 1864 SHE DID A VOYAGE FROM LIVERPOOL TO MELBOURNE ARRIVING 23RD JUNE 1864 SHE WAS ON A WHITE STAR LINE CHARTER.CAPTAIN JOHN MACKENZIE WAS IN COMMAND.

SHE WAS CHARTERED AGAIN FROM BAINES & CO IN MID 1865

SHE WAS IN MORTON BAY IN 1862/63