ELLEN AUSTIN

ELLEN AUSTIN WAS A VESSEL OF 2,270 TONS AND WAS CHARTERED BY THE WHITE STAR LINE IN 1859

SHE LEFT LIVERPOOL BOUND NEW YORK 13TH SEPTEMBER 1861 WITH CAPTAIN GARRICK IN COMMAND

ELLEN AUSTIN

ELLEN AUSTIN A VESSEL OF 1,800 TONS BUILY IN MAINE IN 1854

SHE WAS USED ON THE ROUTE BETWEEN LONDON AND NEW YORK

 IN 1881 SHE ENCOUNTERED AN UN MANNED SHIP WITH NOT A SINGLE PERSON ONBOARD. THE CAPTAIN OF THE ELLEN AUSTIN  CAPTAIN BAKER  PUT A CREW OF SIX ONBORD TO TAKE THE VESSEL TO NEW YORK.THERE WAS A STROM WHICH SEPERATED THE TWO VESSELS THE ELLEN AUSTIN FOUND THE VESSEL AGAIN BUT HIS CREW WERE NOT ONBOARD, HE PLACED A FURTHER ARMED  PRIZE CREW ONBOARD THE VESSEL AND A FOG DESENDED AND WHEN IT LIFTED THE  UNKNOWN VESSEL WAS GONE AND NEVER SEEN AGAIN DESPITE AN EXTENSIVE SEARCH FOR HER. CAPTAIN BAKER THOUGHT THE VESSEL WAS OUT OF HONDURAS, BUT THE SHIP NAME PALTES WERE MISSING

THIS QUITE POSSIBILY WAS THE WHITE STAR LINE CHARTERED VESSEL FROM 1859