ITZJAMES WAS A WOODEN VESSEL OF 1,195 TONS AND HAD BEEN BUILT AT RICHIBUCTO NEW BRUNSWICK IN 1852 BY JOHN JAMES JARDINE

.SHE WAS BOUGHT ORIGINALLY BY JARDINE & CO THEN SOLD TO HALSTEAD & FLECTCHER AND PILKINGTOM & WILSON ( WHITE STAR ) IN 1853

 IN 1853 SHE MADE A VOYAGE FROM LIVERPOOL TO NEW YORK,QUEBEC,SAVANNAH,NEW ORLEANS AND THEN ONTO MELBOURNE

SHE WAS ON THE ATLANTIC ROUTE AND THEN PUT ONE THE  AUSTRALIAN RUN

SHE LEFT SOUTHAMPTON 3RD OCOBER 1855 ARRIVING IN PORT ADELAIDE DECEMBER 1855
SHE SAILED FROM PLYMOUTH 23RD DECEMBER 1856 ARRIVING IN SYDNEY 1 ST APRIL 1857
SHE SAILED FROM PLYMOUTH 23RD AORIL 1858 ARRIVING IN SYDNEY 28TH JULY 1858
SHE SAILED FROM LIVERPOOL ON 13TH NOVEMBER 1859 AND ARRIVED IN SYDNEY & BRISBANE 11TH MARCH 1860

SHE STARTED  A VOYAGE FROM LIVERPOOL 20TH JANUARY 1854  TO MELBOURNE.CAPTAIN LOWE BEING IN COMMAND.SHE HAD TO PUT INTO LISBON HAVING SPRUNG A LEAK, BUT WAS CONDEMMED THERE AS BEING IN A UN-SEAWORTHY CONDITION AND THE VOYAGE WAS ABANDONED.

THERE IS ANOTHER REPORT THAT SHE SAILED FROM LIVERPOOL ON 24TH JANUARY 1866 BOUND FOR MELBOURNE ( SHE HAD TO PUT INTO LISBON ON 14TH FEBRUARY 1866 BECAUSE SHE WAS
LEAKING AND WAS CONDEMMED ON HER ARRIVAL AT MELBOURNE )
SHE WAS USED AS A QUARANTINE HULK IN PORT ADELAIDE AND WAS BROKEN UP AT THE TURN OF THE CENTURY

SOME CONFLICTING DATES HERE - I CAN'T THINK THERE WERE TWO VESSELS CALLED FITZJAMES 12 YEARS APART BOTH ON VOYAGE TO MELBOURNE AND BOTH HAVING TO PUT INTO LISBON IN A LEAKY CONDITION - THINK THE DATE OF 1854 IS INCORRECT