HELEN BURNS

 HELEN BURNS WAS BUILT IN 1867 BY ROBERT DUNCAN & CO OF PORT GLASGOW

SHE WAS A THREE MASTED IRON VESSEL OF 798 TONS. SHE WAS CONVERTED TO A BARQUE SOMEWHERE ALONG THE LINE BUT I AM NOT SURE WHEN THIS HAPPENED. 

SHE WAS ORIGINALLY OWNED BY PETER DENNY & JAMES GALBRATH ( ALBION SHIPPING CO ) UNCONFIRMED REPORT THAT SHE WAS USED ON THE BURMA SERVICE ( WHICH WOULD MEAN THAT HENDERSON WAS INVOLVED ALSO )

IN 1874 SHE WAS OWNED BY THE SWANSEA SHIPPING CO LTD OF SWANSEA ( THERE IS A REPORT THAT SHE WAS NOT SOLD TO THEM UNTIL 1877 )

THE PICTURE ABOVE SHOWS HER ALONGSIDE AT PORT CHALMERS SOMETIME BETWEEN DECEMBER 1872 AND JANUARY 1873. THIS WAS THE ONLY TIME THAT SHE VISITED PORT CHALMERS

 

 

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