NO IMAGE AVAILABLE

IDA

IDA WAS A VESSEL OF 1,167 TONS SHE HAD BEEN BUILT IN 1852 AT ST JOHN.THE WHITE STAR LINE CHARTERED HER IN MAY 1859 AND UNDER THE COMMAND OF CAPTAIN J W DUNLOP SHE SAILED FROM LIVEROOL TO MELBOURNE

THERE MUST HAVE BEEN ANOTHER VESSEL CALLED IDA WHICH ON 15TH JANUARY 1857 WHILE CARRYING A CARGO OF COPPER BOUND FOR VICTORIA SHE RAN AGROUND ON WILLUNGA BEACH IN A STORM AND 18 MEN LOST THEIR LIVES.

THE STAR OF GREECE RAN AGROUND AND WAS LOST ON THE SAME BEACH DURING A STORM IN 1888

THE ABERDEEN VESSEL 'LINE WAVE OF LIFE'  WAS LATER RENAMED 'IDA'  ( FOR A PICTURE CHECK THE 'WAVE OF LIFE'  PAGE )  

SHE HAD BEEN BUILT IN 1856 BY W HOOD & CO IN ABERDEEN. SHE WAS A VESSEL OF 887 TONS

IN 1882 SHE WAS SOLD TO J J REIS OF RIO DE JANERIO, AND RE-NAMED IDA

IN 1892 SHE WAS SOLD AGAIN, THIS TIME TO J BORGES OF LISBON, PORTUGAL AND RE-NAMED HENRIQUETA

 SHE WAS BROKEN UP IN 1897