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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