EMPRESS OF THE SEAS

   EMPRESS OF THE SEAS WAS A WOODEN VESSEL OF 2,197 TONS BUILT IN 1853 BY DONALD MACKAY OF EAST BOSTON.SHE WAS PURCHASED BY THE BLACKBALL LINE IN 1860 ( JAMES BAINE )

SHE WAS CHARTERED  BY THE WHITE STAR LINE IN 1853

SHE SAILED FOR JAMES BAINES ( BLACK BALL LINE )  TO AUSTRALIA IN 1860  UNDER THE COMMAND OF CAPTAIN J BRAGG.

THE WHITE STAR LINE CHARTERED HER FROM JAMES BAINES IN MAY 1861 AND SHE SAILED FOR AUSTRALIA WITH CAPTAIN J BRAG STILL IN COMMAND 

THE WHITE STAR LINE WAS  SUSPOSED TO CHARTER HER FROM JAMES BAINES AGAIN IN 1862, BUT THE VOYAGE NEVER HAPPENED AS SHE CAUGHT FIRE IN PORT PHILLIP IN 1861 ON 19TH DECEMBER ??

EMPRESS OF THE SEAS

EMPRESS OF THE SEAS A VESSEL OF 2,197 TONS  BUILT IN 1857 BY W R WRIGHT & CO OF ST JOHN .SHE WAS PURCHASED BY THE BLACKBALL LINE ( JAMES BAINE ) IN 1860

EMPRESS OF THE SEAS  LEFT GRAVESEND ON 18TH JUNE 1865 AND ARRIVED AT KEPPEL BAY ON 24TH SEPTEMBER 1865  

THE WHITE STAR LINE WAS  SUSPOSED TO CHARTER HER FROM JAMES BAINES AGAIN IN 1862, BUT THE VOYAGE NEVER HAPPENED AS SHE CAUGHT FIRE IN PORT PHILLIP IN 1861 ON 19TH DECEMBER ??

 EMPRESS OF THE SEAS

EMPRESS OF THE SEAS A VESSEL OF 1,243 TONS  LEFT GRAVESEND ON 18TH JUNE 1865 AND ARRIVED AT KEPPEL BAY ON 24TH SEPTEMBER 1865  SHE CARRIED 491 PASSENGERS WITH CAPTAIN DAVIES IN COMMAND ( THIS INFORMATION IS 100 % OK )

A LOT OF CONFLICTING INFORMATION ABOUNDS FOR THIS VESSEL THERE WERE TWO VESSELS AND THE INFORMATION HAS BEEN JUMBLED UP A LITTLE

NEEDS MORE RESEARCH TO CORRECTLY IDENTIFY THE VESSELS