ENGLANDS GLORY

ENGLAND'S GLORY WAS A IRON BARQUE  OF 757 TONS AND HAD BEEN BUILT BY PILE & CO OF SUNDERLAND IN 1869. HER OFFICIAL NUMBER WAS 60919

SHE WAS OWNED BY PETER SMITH OF PLYMOUTH AND SHE WAS REISTERED IN LONDON

 SHE CARRIED A CREW OF ABOUT 19.

SHE WAS CHARTERED BY THE NEW ZEALAND SHIPPING CO IN THE LATE 1880'S FOR TWO VOYAGES TO NEW ZEALAND

 SHE WAS ON HER THIRD VOYAGE TO BLUFF FROM GRAVESEND IN 1881 ON A  SHAW SAVILLE & CO CHARTER WHEN SHE WAS WRECKED AT BLUFF.

 IN 1881 SHE  LEFT LONDON BOUND  NELSON THEN DOWN TO BLUFF VIA THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE, BUT HER CARGO HAD SHIFTED AND SHE HAD TO PUT INTO MAURITIUS, WHERE THE CARGO WAS DISCHARGED AND PRESUMABLY RE-LOADED

 SHE THEN RESUMED HER JOURNEY TO NELSON, WHERE PART OF HER CARGO WAS DISCHARGED, SHE CONTINUED ONTO BLUFF, BUT HER CARGO OF IRON  SHIFTED AGAIN.

ON THE ENTRANCE TO BLUFF HARBOUR ON 7TH NOVEMBER 1881 SHE WENT OVER ONTO HER SIDE AND IT WAS SOON REALISED THAT SHE WOULD BREAK UP

 SHE ONLY MADE THREE VOYAGES TO NEW ZEALAND.