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 ELIZABETH ANN BRIGHT

THE ELIZABETH ANN BRIGHT WAS ONE OF BLACK BALLS FLEET ( BAINES HAD PURCHASED HER FROM GIBBS  BRIGHT  IN 1860 ) AND SHE WAS A VESSEL OF 1,919 TONS  ( 1,430 TONS ? ) BUILT IN 1856 BY W OLIVE & CO OF QUEBEC.

SHE WAS OWNED BY GIBBS BRIGHT UNTILL 1860.WHEN SHE WAS PURCHASE BY JAMES BAINE ( BLACKBALL LINE )

WILSON & CHAMBERS (THE WHITE STAR LINE )  CHARTERED HER FROM JAMES BAINE ( BLACK BALL LINE ) IN  JUNE 1860 AND UNDER THE COMMAND OF CAPTAIN STARK SHE SAILED FOR AUSTRALIA IN JUNE OF 1860.

IN 1862 SHE SAILED FOR AUSTRALIA ON A WHITE STAR CHARTER AND FOR THE BLACKBALL LINE ITSELF.

IN MARCH 1863 SHE AGAIN SAILED FOR AUSTRALIA UNDER A WHITE STAR LINE CHARTER.THIS MUST HAVE BEEN UNDER SOME KIND OF  SUB CHARTER TO THE GOVERNMENT AS ITS ON RECORD THAT SHE WAS  CHARTERED BY THE GOVERNMENT TO TAKE TROOPS OUT TO NZ ( 18TH ROYAL IRISH ) BEING  USED AS A TROOP SHIP DURING THE  WAIKATO WARN 1863. CAPTAIN STARKIE (STARK ? ) WAS IN COMMAND.SHE DID FURTHER VOYAGES TO AUSTRALIA FOR BOTH COMPANIES IN 1862 AND IN MARCH 1863

 SHE MADE A VOYAGE FOR THE WHITE STAR LINE FROM LIVERPOOL TO MELBOURNE AND ONTO AUCKLAND.SHE SAILED FROM PLYMOUITH / LANDSEND ON APRIL 9TH /10TH 1863 REACHING AUCKLAND ON 30TH JUNE /1ST JULY 1863.

ON 16TH SEPTEMBER 1864 SHE LEFT  ENGLAND FOR BRISBANE

7TH SEPTEMBER 1864 SHE LEFT LIVERPOOL FOR MORTON BAY VIA THER CYLDE

ON THE 15TH OF SEPTEMBER 1865  SHE SAILED  FROM  GREENOCK TO QUEENSLAND

 ELIZABETH ANN BRIGHT 

ELIZABETH ANN BRIGHT A BARQUE OF 1,836 TONS CAUGHT FIRE WHILE IN THE RIVER TAGUS ( LISBON ) ON 6TH JANUARY 1871. SHE SANK THE NEXT DAY SHE WAS CARRYING 1,056 TONS OF ALFENIDE

I ASSUME THAT THIS IS THE SAME VESSEL BUT AM NOT 100% SURE