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ECHUNGA 

ECHUNGA WAS A VESSEL OF 1,000 TONS.SHE HAD BEEN BUILT IN 1853 AT NORTH BURNS FOR POTTER & CO AND WAS REGISTERED IN GLASGOW.HER
MASTER WAS CAPTAIN J COOPER.

SHE LEFT UK 30TH MAY 1857 AND ARRIVED IN VICTORIA ON 19TH AUGUST 1857

SHE LEFT LONDON ON 10TH SEPTEMBER 1862 AND ARRIVED IN TIMARU ON 16TH DECEMBER 1862. SHE THEN WENT ONTO LYTTELTON ARRIVING 24TH
DECEMBER 1862 SHE CARRIED 304 PASSENGERS.

SHE ALSO CARRIED SOME GOVERNMENT IMMIGRANTS TO GEELONG

ECHUNGA WAS QUARANTINED AT OTAGO OCTOBER 12TH 1867 HAVING DEPARTED GRAVESEND LONDON FINDING THEY HAVE SMALL POX ONBOARD
DURING THE VOYAGE

WRECKED ON PETANE BEACH HAWKSBAY AROUND 3RD FEBRUARY 18??

 

ECHUNGA

THERE WAS ANOTHER ECHUNGA BUILT IN 1907,  A VESSEL OF 4,589 TONS BUILT BY RAYLTON DIXON.

DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR SHE WAS TAKEN OVER BY THE BRITISH ADMIRALTY AND WAS TORPEDOED IN 1917 IN THE ENGLISH CHANNEL BY U-52 - HANS WALTHER

 

 

ECHUNGA

THERE WAS ANOTHER ECHUNGA BUILT IN 1922 A VESSEL OF 3,363 TONS BUILT BY WALKERS AT MARYBOROUGH

HER FINAL OWNERS WERE INTERSTATE STEAMSHIP LTD AND PORT OF REGISTRY BEING  SYDNEY

NEITHER OF THE ABOVE TWO VESSESLS HAD ANY SHAW SAVILL/WHITE STAR CONNECTIONS - FOR REFERENCE ONLY

 

 

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