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EMPIRE OF PEACE

  
THE EMPIRE OF PEACE WAS A BARQUE OF 1493/1549 TONS SHE HAD BEEN BUILT IN NEW BRUNWICK BY GASS ST JOHNS IN 1859. (THERE ARE REFERNCES TO HER HAVING BEEN BUILT BY WRIGHT & CO, BUT I DON'T THINK THAT IS CORRECT SHE WAS PROBABLY BUILT FOR THEM BY GASS ) HER HULL WAS COVERED IN METEL SHEATHING IN 1880. SHE HAD BEEN REGISTERED IN LIVERPOOL.


SHE LEFT LIVERPOOL ON 28TH DECEMBER 1859 ARRIVED IN MELBOURNE ON THE 30TH APRIL 1860 SHE WAS CHARTERED FROM WRIGHT & CO AND SAILED WITH CAPTAIN BAKER IN COMMAND

IN 1861 SHE WAS CHARTERED BY THE WHITE STAR LINE FROM WRIGHT & CO AGAIN FOR A VOYAGE FROM LIVERPOOL TO MELBOURNE UNDER THE
COMMAND OF CAPTAIN CALVERT.

THE VESSEL WAS ON A BLACKBALL LINE CHARTER IN 1864.IN 1865 SHE WAS SOLD TO FERMIE BROTHERS

SHE WAS WRECKED ON 23RD OCTOBER 1881 IN DUNDALK BAY IRELAND