IDA ZIEGLER

IDA ZIEGLER WAS A VESSEL OF 860 TONNES. SHE HAD BEEN BUILT IN GERMANY IN 1857 AND WAS  OWNED BY WATTENBACH,HEILGERS & CO

SHE  WAS CHARTERED BY SHAW SAVILL & CO FOR EIGHT VOYAGES DOWN TO AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND CARRYING EMIGRANTS BETWEEN 1861 AND 1868. . SEVEN OF THESE VOYAGES SHE WAS UNDER THE COMMAND OF CAPTAIN A. REYNOLDS.

ON THE LAST VOYAGE SHE WAS LOADING WOOL AT NAPIER FOR THE HOMEWARD VOYAGE, WHEN SHE BROKE FREE OF HER MOORINGS  DURING A STORM AND WAS DRIVEN ASHORE, WHERE SHE BECAME A TOTAL LOSS.