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 GREEN JACKET

GREEN JACKET WAS A VESSSEL OF 1,088 TONS. SHE WAS BUILT IN 1860 BY KING & CO OF ST JOHN AND  SHE WAS OWNED BY FERMIE & BROTHERS.SHE WAS THE SISTER SHIP TO THE QUEEN OF THE MERSEY

THE WHITE STAR LINE CHARTERED HER FROM FERMIE & CO IN 1861 AND SHE DID A VOYAGE TO AUSTRALIA UNDER THE COMMAND OF CAPTAIN SHAW


ON 14TH / 20TH AUGUST 1863 SHE LEFT GRAVESEND AND ARRIVED IN AUCKLAND ON 14TH DECEMBER 1863 ( ALSO REPORTED AS BEING THE 1ST DECEMBER ) WITH CAPTAIN S MITCHELL BEING IN COMMAND.SHE CARRIED 151 PASSENGERS. FOR THIS VOYAGE SHE WAS  CHARTERED BY WILLIAM GANN & CO.

SHE WAS LATER SOLD TO A NORWEGIAN COMPANY AND WAS STIILL IN SERVICE IN 1882  

GREEN JACKET

GREEN JACKET WAS  A VESSEL OF 1,410 TONS,  WHICH IN 1863  DID A VOYAGE FROM LIVERPOOL TO MELBOURNE CHARTERED BY HT WILSON & CHAMBERS ( WHITE STAR )

IN 1865 UNDER THE COMMAND OF CAPTAIN WRIGHT SHE ARRIVED IN LYTTELTON ON 7TH MAY HAVING LEFT ENGLAND ON 22ND JANUARY 1865, SHE CARRIED ABOUT 250 PASSENGERS