FERNGLEN

FERNGLEN WAS A IRON VESSEL OF 818 TONS, SHE HAD BEEN BUILT IN 1874 AT SUNDERLAND BY HARDIE & CO ( THIS IS NOT CORRECT ) FOR R B PORRETT OF THORNHILL PARK SUNDERLAND SHE HAD BEEN REGISTERED IN SUNDERLAND . 

OTHER SOURCES CLAIM THAT SHE WAS BUILT BY JOHN BLUMER & CO OF SUNDERLAND AND WAS A VESSEL OF 818 / 850 TONS ( WHICH I THINK IS CORRECT )  

SHE WAS CHARTERED BY THE NEW ZEALAND SHIPPING CO AND CARRIED IMMIGRANTS TO NEW ZEALAND, SOME  SOURCES REPORT THAT SHE WAS ONLY CHARTERED BY THE NEW ZEALAND SHIPPING CO BUT I THINK THAT SHE  WAS LATER ACTUALLY  OWNED BY THE NEW ZEALAND SHIPPING CO. SHE WAS DEFINITLY NOT ON THEIR CHARTER WHEN SHE WAS LOST AT THE MOUTH OF THE COLUMBIA RIVER IN 1881

SHE HAD ACCOMMODATION FOR TWO TO THREE HUNDRED PASSENGERS. SHE WAS CHARTERED BY SHAW SAVILLE & CO FOR THEIR LONDON TO NEW ZEALAND ROUTE, BETWEEN 1874 AND THE 1880'S ( POSSIBLY CHARTERED FROM THE NEW ZEALND SHIPPING CO )  

SHE MADE NINE VOAYGES TO NEW ZEALAND WHICH INCLUDED AUCKLAND, WELLINGTON, NELSON, PORT CHALMBERS AND NAPIER

SHE SAILED FROM LONDON ON 3RD JANUARY AND ARRIVED IN AUCKLAND ON 28TH APRIL 1875

SHE LEFT LONDON ON 9TH DECEMBER 1876 AND ARRIVED IN NAPIER ON 20TH MARCH 1877 WITH CAPTAIN FRASER IN COMMAND 

SHE SAILED FROM LONDON 19TH JULY 1880 AND ARRIVED IN AUCKLAND 21ST OCTOBER 1880

 ON 22ND AUGUST 1881 WITH CAPTAIN J BUBB IN COMMAND SHE LEFT WELLINGTON IN BALLAST BOUND FOR PORTLAND OREGON. ON 16TH OCTOBER 1881 SHE RAN AFROUND AT CLATSOP SPIT AT THE MOUTH OF THE COLUMBIA RIVER.HER CREW OF TWENTY LEFT THE VESSEL IN THE SHIPS BOAT AND WERE PICKED UP BY THE TUG COLUMBIA.

THE SHIPS MASTER WAS FOUND RESPOSIBLE FOR HER LOSS DUE TO IS LACK OF KNOWLEDGE OF THE LOCAL LIGHTS AND NOT HAVING SUITABLE CHARTS

DESPITE THE COTRADICTION IN BUILDERS I THINK THERE WAS ONLY ONE FERNGLEN BUILT IN 1874

 FERNGLEN