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DUNEDIN

BUILT IN 1874 FOR THE ALBION LINE BY R.DUNCAN,GLASGOW.SHE WAS ONE OF EIGHT SUCH VESSELS. HER SISTERS SHIPS BEING OAMARU,TIMARU,NELSON,AUCKLAND,WELLINGTON,INVERCARGILL AND CANTERBURY.

SHE WAS TAKEN OVER BY SHAW SAVILL & CO IN 1882 ( WHEN THE ALBION LINE MERGED WITH SHAW SAVILL & CO )

 IN 1890 SHE WAS VOYAGING BACK TO THE UK BUT DISAPPEARED ON THE WAY AND WAS NOT SEEN OF AGAIN.

 ALBION LINE'S MARLBOROUGH HAD LEFT LYTTLETON A FEW WEEKS EARLIER AND WAS ALSO REPORTED AS MISSING.

 

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