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GOLDEN SEA

BUILT BY THOMAS OLIVER IN QUEBEC FOR M WILSON OF QUEBEC IN 1864 AND WAS A VESSEL OF 1,418 TONS.

SOME REPORTS SAY SHE WAS ACTALLY BUILT FOR HOULDER BROTHERS AND THAT SHE WAS UNDER THEIR  MANAGEMENT IN 1866.

 HER MASTER WAS CAPTAIN R HARRY AT SOME STAGE

IN 1874 SHE MADE A VOYAGE TO NEW ZEALAND AND HAD EIGHT OF THE PASSENGERS DIE OF SCARLET FEVER

IN 1874 SHE WAS SOLD TO SHAW SAVILL

SHE WAS  SOLD AGAIN  IN 1880 TO A SOUTHAMPTON  BASED COMPANY.

SHE WAS LOST AT SEA IN 1882.

 

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