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JOHN KERR

JOHN KERR WAS A VESSEL OF 1,782 / 1,864 TONS BUILT IN 1873 BY JOHN REID & CO OF PORT GLASGOW

SHE PUT INTO MELBOURNE 26TH MAY 1874 HAVING LEFT LIVERPOOL ON 27TH JANUARY 1874. ON ARRIVAL SHE HAD LOST A MAST ( THE 3RD VESSEL THAT MONTH TO PUT INTO
PORT DISMASTED ) CAPTAIN JAS SCOBIE WAS IN COMMAND. SHE WAS ON A WHITE STAR LINE CHARTER FOR THIS VOYAGE

ON 2ND AUGUST 1879 SHE LEFT MIDDLESBROUGH BOUND FOR CALCUTTA SHE WAS LAST SEEN ON THE 27TH AUGUST 1879 IN POSITION 12 NORTH 25 WEST.SHE WAS NEVER SEEN AGAIN.SHE CARRIED A CREW OF 36

THERE WAS ANOTHER BARQUE  CALLED JOHN KERRY WHICH MADE A VOYAGE FROM LONDONDERRY TO WILMINGTON IN 1848 - NO WHITE STAR LINE CONNECTION FOR REFERENCE ONLY