INDIA

INDIA WAS A IRON VESSEL OF 912 TONS, BUILT IN SUNDERLAND IN 1861 AT SUNDERLAND BY LAINGS. SHE WAS OWNED BY J NOURSE SHE WAS COMMANDED BY CAPTAIN ADAMS AND LATER BY CAPTAIN J CRISPIN

SHE WAS CHARTERED AT ONE STAGE BY  SHAW SAVILL & CO. SHE LEFT LONDON ON THE 25TH NOVEMBER 1874, ARRIVING IN AUCKLAND ON 3RD MARCH 1875.THE SHIPS MASTER FOR THIS VOYAGE WAS CAPTAIN McPHAIL.THE CAPTAIN  HAD A DISAGREEMENT WITH THE AUCKLAND PILOT, AS THEY ENTERED PORT, WHICH LANDED HIM IN COURT AND HE GOT A FIVE POUND FINE