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GLADIATOR

GLADIATOR WAS A VESSEL OF 502 TONS BUILT AT ABERDEEN IN 1850.SHE WAS OF SIMILAR DESIGN TO THE JOHN BUYAN.SHE WAS SOLD TO MR LITTLE
OF LONDON IN 1868

SHE LEFT LONDON ON 22ND SEPTEMBER 1856 AND ARRIVED IN PORT ADELAIDE ON 16TH JANUARY 1857

IN 1858 A VESSEL CALLED GLADIATOR WAS IN COLLISION WITH THE BLUE JACKET IN THE RIVER MERSEY, WHICH I THINK WAS THIS SAME VESSEL

SHE ARRIVED IN NELSON ON 25TH OCTOBER 1861 HAVING LEFT GRAVESEND 105 DAYS EARLIER

THE WHITE STAR LINE CHARTERED HER FROM ADAMSON & CO OF ABERDEEN IN 1863 AND SHE SAILED FOR N.Z ON 15TH NOVEMBER OF THAT YEAR
UNDER THE COMMAND OF CAPTAIN YOUNG AND ARRIVED AT AUCKLAND ON 26TH MARCH 1864


ON VOYAGE FROM BREMEN TO NEW YORK SHE WAS LOST ON SABLE ISLAND ON 9TH JUNE 1880 ( SHE MUST HAVE GONE TO ANOTHER PORT BEFORE GOING ON TO NEW YORK )

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GLADIATOR

GLADIATOR WAS A VESSEL OF 1,802 TONS BUILT IN 1856 BY PARKE, GEO OF QUEBEC AND SHE WAS  OWNED BY GRAINGER,DAVIS & SONS OF BELFAST

ON A  VOYAGE FROM BOMBAY TO LIVERPOOL  BETWEEN CAPE PADRONE AND BUSHMAN'S RIVER ( NR PORT ELEZABETH ) SHE STRANDED ON
12TH/13TH NOVEMBER 1860 AND BROKE IN TWO. FORTY ONE PEOPLE LOST THEIR LIVES

NO SSA OR WS CONNECTION - HERE FOR REFERENCE ONLY AND TO HELP AVOID MIS IDETIFICATION AS THE TWO VESSELS WERE OPERATING AT SIMILAR TIMES