IRON QUEEN / HC RICHARDS / EMILY FAITHFUL

IRON QUIEEN WAS A IRON 3 MASTED BARQUE BUILT IN LIVERPOOL IN 1863 BY W H POTTER & CO OF LIVERPOOL SHE  WAS A VESSEL OF 796 / 822  TONS.

ORIGINALLY SHE WAS BUILT AS THE EMILY FAITHFUL AND THEN RENAMED IRON QUEEN AROUND 1870

SHE WAS THEN FINALLY RENAMED HC RICHARDS WHEN SHE WAS SOLD TO C HANNEVIG OF NORWAY AND REGISTERED IN CHRISTIANIA

SHE MADE A VOYAGE FROM LONDON TO AUCKLAND 27TH DECEMBER 1877 ( AS IRON QUEEN )