LA HOGUE

LA HOGUE WAS A VESSEL OF 1,331 TONS BUILT IN SUNDERLAND IN 1855 BY JAMES LAING OF SUNDERLAND. SHE WAS REFITTED WITH DOUBLE TOP SAILS IN THE LATE 1860'S.

HER FIGURE HEAD WAS A LION RAMPART SUPPORTING A SHIELD WITH ST A ANDREWS CROSS ON IT

SHE WAS BUILT TO CARRY IMMIGRANTS TO AUSTRALIA.HER FIRST MASTER WAS CAPTAIN JOHN WILLIAMS

SHE WAS OWNED BY DUNCAN DUNBAR OF LONDON.

IN 1863 TO 1886 SHE WAS SOLD TO DEVITT & MOORE OF LONDON WHO CONTINUED HER ON HER ROUTE TO AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALND SHE WAS REGISTERED IN LONDON AT THIS TIME

1874 SHE SAILED ROM LONDON TO WELLINGTON CARRYING 443 IMMIGRANTS

NOVEMBER 11TH 1874 SHE  LEFT SYDNEY BOUND LONDON ARRIVING FEBRUARY 17TH 1875

ON JANUARY 16TH 1878 SHE  SAILED FROM SYDNEY TO LONDON ARRIVING APRIL 16TH 1878

IN 1879 SAILED FROM SYDNEY TO LONDON JANUARY 18TH

IN 1883 SAILED FROM SYDNEY TO LONDON

IN 1886 SHE WAS SOLD TO THOMAS HICK OF LONDON AND USED ON THE TIMBER TRADE BETWEEN LONDON AND THE BALCTIC

SHE LATER BECAME A COAL HULK AT FUNCHAL MADEIRA

SHE WAS  BROKEN UP IN 1898/1889 ( REPORTS THAT SHE WAS ACTUALL RUN DOWN BY A STEAMSHIP DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR )

THE SECOND PICTURE  I THINK SHOWS HER ASTERN OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE


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