JAMES WISHART

JAMES WISHART A IRON HULL VESSEL OF 775 TONS.SHE HAD BEEN REGISTERED IN LONDON.

SHE WAS CHARTERED BY THE NEW ZEALAND SHIPPING CO AND FOR AT LEAST TWO VOYAGES FROM GRAVESEND TO AUCKLAND ON BOTH OCCASIONS.

 IT WAS NOT UNTIL 1878 THAT SHE WAS CHARTERED BY SHAW SAVILL AND CO AND SAILED FROM GRAVESEND ON THE 13TH NOVEMBER 1877 AND ARRIVED IN LYTTLETON ON THE 25TH FEBRUARY 1878.

IN 1884 SHE SAILED FROM GLASGOW TO PORT CHALMERS, I AM NOT SURE IF SHE WAS ON A SHAW SAVILL CHARTER FOR THIS VOYAGE OR NOT.

ON THE 29TH MAY 1894 SHE SAILED FROM GLASGOW BOUND FOR BRAZIL  WITH A CREW OF FIFTEEN, CARRYING PIG IRON AND COAL. SHE WAS DRIVEN ASHORE AND STRANDED ON 22ND JULY 1894 ABOUT 2 MILES FROM ESPIRITO SANTO BAY, THE CREW ABANDONED THE VESSEL AND TOOK TO THE SHIPS BOATS.

 AT THE INQUIRY THE CAPTAIN WAS FOUND TO BE AT FAULT FOR ALLOWING THE VESSEL TO COME TO CLOSE INTO LAND

 THE LOOKOUT AT THE TIME HAD BEEN A  YOUNG BOY AND THE MASTER ( PETER JURGEN MALLGRAF )  WAS FOUND TO BE IN ERROR FOR PERMITTING THIS. THOU HIS ABANDONING THE VESSEL UNDER THESE CIRCUMSTANCE I.E THE VESSEL STRANDING WAS FOUND BY THE COURT OF INQUIRY TO BE JUSTIFIED.