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ESSEX

ESSEX WAS CHARTERED BY PILKINGTON & WILSON A DID A VOYAGE FROM LIVERPOOL TO NEW YORK IN 1851

THERE WAS ALSO A BARQUE OF 329 TONS CALLED ESSEX, SHE LEFT PLYMOUTH ON SEPTEMBER 3RD 1842 AND ARRIVED IN NEW  PLYMOUTH ON 23RD JANUARY  1843 ( VIA WELLINGTON ON 4TH JANUARY 1843 ? ) SHE BROUGHT OUT 114 PASSENGERS AND WAS COMMANDED BY CAPTAIN OAKLEY.SHE WAS CHARTERED BY 'THE NEW ZEALAND COMPANY'

THIS WAS MORE THAN LIKELY THE SAME VESSEL PILKINTON & WILSON HAD CHARTERED IN 1851

   ESSEX

ESSEX WAS A WOODEN BARQUE OF 1,042 TONS.SHE WAS BUILT IN 1862 BY WIGRAM & SON IN BLACKWALL.SHE WAS OWNED BY WIGRAM & SON.SHE
WAS ABANDONED AT SEA IN 1881 HER OFFICIAL NUMBER WAS 45025 (ON45025)

NO SSA OR WS CONNECTION HERE - FOR REFERENCE ONLY AS ALL OF THESE VESSELS ARE FREQUENTLY CONFUSED

ESSEX

ESSEX WAS A WOODEN SHIP OF 1,256 TONS.HER OFFICIAL NUMBER WAS 47400 (ON47400) SHE HAD BEEN  BUILT IN 1863 BY G MARSHALL AND WAS OWNED
BY G MARSHALL. SHE WENT MISSING AT SEA SHE WAS CARRYING 1,679 TONS OF RICE AND HAD LEFT BASSEIN ON 28TH APRIL 1879 BOUND FOR  QUEENSTOWN .THE LAST TIME SHE WAS SEEN WAS BY THE VESSEL EASTMINSTER ON THE 22ND MAY 1879.RICE BEING NOT A PARTICULAR GOOD CARGO TO CARGO IF ITS NOT LOADED AND STORED CORRECTLY

NO SSA OR WS CONNECTION  - HERE FOR REFERENCE ONLY AS ALL OF THESE VESSELS ARE FREQUENTLY CONFUSED AND THEY LOOK IDENTICAL WHICH EVEN MAKES ME THINK THAT THE PHOTOS HAVE BEEN INCORRECTLY IDENTIFIED

THERE WAS ANOTHER VESSEL CALLED ESSEX WHO'S EXPLOITS INSPIRED THE WRITER  HERMAN MELVILLE TO WRITE THE NOVEL 'MOBY DICK'  'THE FILM 'HEART OF THE SEA' MADE A FEW YEARS BACK IS WORTH A WATCH