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EARL OF DERBY

 EARL OF DERBY WAS A VESSEL OF 1,047 TONS BUILT IN 1851 AT QUEBEC. THE WHITE STAR LINE CHARTERED HER FROM MOORE & CO OF LIVERPOOL FOR A VOYAGE FROM LIVERPOOL ? TO MELBOURNE ON 5TH JULY 1852. CAPTAIN TWEEDIE BEING IN COMMAND. THE WHITE STAR LINE ADVERTISED HER AS BEING A VESSEL OF 2,000 TONS.

THE FOLLOWING YEAR IN 1853 WITH CAPTAIN SLATER  IN COMMAND SHE  SAILED FOR PORT PHILLIP

EARL  DERBY

EARL DERBY WAS AN IRON THREE MASTED VESSEL OF 1,014 TONS BUILT BY ROBERT DUNCAN & CO IN 1876 AT PORT GLASGOW SHE WAS OWNED BY J McAISTER & SONS OF GLASGOW AND THEN CHANGED HANDS IN 1889 TO GUTHRIE OF GLASGOW, IN 1899 SHE WAS OWNED BY GUTHRIE, MACDONALD, HOOD & CO.IN 1905 SHE WAS IN THE HANDS OF BIAGIO MORTOLA OF GENOA.SHE WAS SCAPPED IN GENOA IN 1911AND FINALLY BROKEN UP IN 1914

SHE HAD NO WHITE STAR OR SHAW SAVILL & ALBION CONNECTION - THE INFORMATION IS HERE FOR REFERENCE ONLY AND HELP STOP MIS IDENTIFICATION OF THE EARL OF DERBY