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GOLCONDA

THE GOLCONDA WAS A VESSEL OF 688 TONS. IN THE EARLY 1860'S UNDER THE COMMAND OF CAPTAIN MONTGOMERY SHE MADE FOUR VOYAGES TO
NEW ZEALAND. SHE HAD BEEN CHARTERED BY SHAW SAVILL & CO

SHE SAILED FROM THE DOWNS ON 5TH SEPTEMBER 1858 ARRIVING IN NELSON ON 27TH DECEMBER 1859 WITH 120 PASSENGERS HAVING LEFT
ENGLAND 110 DAYS EARLIER SHE THEN WENT ONTO NEW PLYMOUTH ARRIVING THERE ON 8TH FEBRUARY 1860.THE CHIEF OFFICER WAS G STOKES AND
THE SECOND OFFICER WILLIAM BONIFACE T

IN 1861 SHE LEFT GRAVESEND ON THE 30TH JANUARY AND REACHED WELLINGTON ON 10TH JUNE.A LONG VOYAGE DUE TO ADVERSE WEATHER

SHE DID A RETURN VOYAGE TO NELSON IN 1862 ARRIVING ON THE 14TH DECEMBER 1862, SHE CARRIED 50 PASSENGERS THIS TIME

HER FINAL VOYAGE TO NEW ZEALAND WAS FROM LONDON TO TO AUCKLAND ARRIVING ON MAY 5TH 1864


THERE WAS ANOTHER VESSEL CALLED GOLCONDA WHO HAD BEEN CHARTERED BY PILINGTON & WILSON ( WHITE STAR LINE ) IN 1853


THERE WAS ANOTHER VESSEL CALLED GOLCONDA, BUT SHE WAS NOT BUILT UNTIL ABOUT 1863 ( FOR PENISULAR & ORIENT )