FRENCHMAN

FRENCHMAN WAS A VESSEL OF 1,156 TONS.SHE HAD BEEN BUILT IN QUEBEC IN 1858

SHE WAS BROUGHT OVER TO THE CLYDE  AND THEN STARTED HER MAIDEN VOYAGE TO PORT ADELAIDE.

SHE SAILED FROM LIVERPOOL ON 1ST JUNE 1858 AND ARRIVED IN PORT ADELAIDE 20TH SEPTEMBER 1858. CAPTAIN WILLIAM ROBERTSON WAS IN COMMAND

SHE WAS CHARTERED BY SHAW SAVILL & CO FOR AT LEAST ONE VOYAGE FROM THE UK IN 1859, LEAVING THE DOWNS ON 8TH DECEMBER 1859 AND ARRIVING IN AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND ON 21ST MARCH 1860.

 SHE CARRIED 252 PASSENGERS ON THIS VOYAGE.THE SHIPS MASTER FOR THIS VOYAGE WAS CAPTAIN RENAUT.

AFTER TWO WEEKS INTO THE VOYAGE, SMALLPOX BROKE OUT ONBOARD,WITH EIGHT PEOPLE CONTRACTING THE DISEASE, ONE OF THEM DIED.

ONE OF THE PASSENGERS ON THIS VOYAGE WAS A BOOKBINDER BY THE NAME OF JOHN FOLEY, HE WAS ACCOMPANIED BY HIS TEN YEAR OLD SON. A YEAR LATER HE SENT FOR HIS WIFE, WHO CAME OUT ON THE IDA ZIEGLAR.

IN ABOUT 1874 WHILST OF THE COAST OF  NOVA SCOTIA, SHE STRUCK AN ICEBERG AND SUNK.

SHE WAS OWNED AT THE TIME OF HER LOSS BY LINDSAY & CO OF LEITH