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HERALD OF THE MORNING

HERALD OF THE MORNING WAS A VESSEL OF 1,292 TONS SHE HAD BEEN  BUILT BY STORM & KING IN ST JOHN AND LAUNCHED IN 1854.

SHE WAS OWNED BY GEORGE KING & JOHN STORM AND HAD BEEN BUILT FOR  THE AUSTRALIAN ROUTE

ON 19TH DECEMBER 1854 1854 SHE MADE A VOYAGE FROM LIVERPOOL TO MELBOURNE WITH CAPTAIN J ATTRIDGE IN COMMAND

 IN 1857 SHE MADE A VOYAGE FROM LIVERPOOL TO MELBOURNE

25TH JUNE 1858 SHE MADE A VOYAGE FROM LIVERPOOL TO SYDNEY WITH CAPTAIN G RUDOLPH IN COMMAND ( THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN THE WHITE STAR LINE CHARTERED VOYAGE )

A VESSEL OF 1,355 TONS CALLED HERALD OF THE MORNING LEFT ( UK ) 10TH MARCH 1858 AND ARRIVED 23RD JUNE 1858 ( SAME VESSEL AND SAME VOYAGE AS THE ABOVE )

ON 9TH AUGUST 1858 SHE MADE A VOYAGE FROM MELBOURNE TO CALLAO

ON 5TH NOVEMBER ( THIS MUST HAVE BEEN HER ARRIVAL DATE AT HOBSONS BAY ) 1859 SHE MADE A VOAYGE FROM LIVERPOOL TO MELBOURNE CARRYING 419 PASSENGERS

SHE CAUGHT FIRE ON 15TH NOVEMBER 1859 WHILE AT ANCHOR IN HOBSONS BAY HER HULK WAS SCUTTLED AT DONALDSONS JETTY AROUND 1889

HERALD OF THE MORNING

HERALD OF THE MORNING A VESSEL OF 1,294 TONS BUILT BY HAYDEN & CUDWORTH IN MEDFORD AND LAUNCHED IN DECEMBER 1853.SHE WAS OWNED BY THATCHER MAGOUN & CO

IN 1875 SHE WAS SOLD TO JAMES B TIBBETS

SHE WAS SOLD TO ARENDAL OF NORWAY IN 1879 AND CONVERTED TO A BARQUE

SHE WAS SOLD IN 1890 TO W J SMITH

DISAPPERARED FROM REGISTRY ABOUT 1891

IT MAY SEEM SUSPICIOUS THAT BOTH VESSELS WERE 1,294 TONS, BUT IT IS CORRECT

FOR REFERENCE ONLY AND TO AID IDENTIFICATION OF THE WHITE STAR LINE CHARTERED VESSEL ( BOTH VESSELS WERE A SIMILAR SIZE AND BOTH BUILT WITHIN A YEAR OF EACH OTHER )  THIS VESSEL AS FAR AS I AM AWARE HAD NO CONNECTION WITH THE WHITE STAR LINE