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 JAMES CHESTON

  JAMES CHESTON WAS A VESSEL OF 1,089 TONS SHE WAS PURCHSED AS A DERILICT IN 1855 BY JAMES BAINE ( BLACKBALL LINE )
IN 1857 & 1858 UNDER THE BLACKBALL FLAG AND COMMMANDED BY CAPTAIN BRYANS SHE MADE TWO VOYAGES DOWN TO AUSTRALIA

THE WHITE STAR LINE CHARTERED HER FROM JAMES BAINE IN 1859 AND UNDER THE COMMAND OF CAPTAIN BRYANS SHE MADE A VOYAGE FOR THEM
FROM LIVERPOOL TO MELBOURNE

UNDER THE COMMAND OF CAPTAIN WHITE SHE SEEMS TO HAVE BEEN ABANDONED BUT AT THE INQUIRY THE TWO MATES CLAIMED THERE WAS ONLY
FIFTEEN INCHES OF WATER IN THE HOLDS AND THAT THE VESSEL WAS STILL IN GOOD CONDITION AT THE TIME SHE WAS ABANDONED.THE CAPTAIN BEING
CHARGED WITH ABANDONING HIS SHIP WITHOUT GOOD CAUSE