LANCASHIRE  WITCH

LANCASHIRE WITCH WAS A VESSEL OF 1,574 TONS BUILT IN QUEBEC IN 1852 SHE WAS OWNED BY FIRNIE & CO OF LIVERPOOL

IN 1863 SHE WAS CHARTERED BY SHAW SAVILL & CO AND MADE HER FIRST VOYAGE TO NEW ZEALAND LEAVING GRAVESEND 5TH JULY 1863  BOUND FOR LYTTLETON ( VIA TIMARU )  REACHING HER DESTINATION ON 13TH OCOBER 1863

 SHE LEFT LONDON CARRYING 420 IMMIGRANTS BOUND FOR  LYTTLETON 

THREE ADULTS AND TWENTY THREEE CHILDREN DIED ON THE VOYAGE 

HER SECOND VOYAGE WAS WITH CAPTAIN KING IN COMMAND SHE LEFT EAST INDIA DOCKS ( LONDON ) ON 2ND APRIL 1867  ( 9TH ? ) AND ARRIVED IN LYTTLETON 23RD ( 29TH ) JULY 1867 - AGAIN ON A SHAW SAVILL & CO CHARTER SHE CARRIED ABOUT 143 PASSENGERS

ON HER THIRD VIYAGE SHE LEFT LONDON ON 10TH FEBRUARY  BOUND AUCKLAND ARRIVING 2ND JUNE 1865 SHE CARRIED 490 PASSENGERS

I THOUGHT SHE ONLY MADE THREE VOYAGES TO NEW ZEALAND BUT I HAVE SEEN A REFERENCE TO HER MAKING A FIRST VOYAGE IN 1856, WHICH I THINK MIGHT APPLY TO THE BELOW VESSEL

LANCASHIRE  WITCH

LANCASHIRE WITCH WAS A VESSEL OF 1,386 TONS AND HAD BEEN  BUILT IN QUEBEC IN 1855 AND REGISTERED IN LONDON OWNED BY D DUNBAR.  

SHE LEFT PORTSMOUTH BOUND FOR SYDNEY 10TH JULY 1856 WITH CAPTAIN A J MORLISON ( MOLLISON ? ) IN COMMAND

SHE LEFT LONDON ON 4TH APRIL 1856 AND ARRIVED IN WELLINGTON ON 20TH JULY 1856 AND THEN WENT ONTO AUCKLAND ARRIVING 1ST AUGUST 1856

SHE SAILED FROM CEYLON BOUND FOR LONDON ON 11TH MARCH 1860 WITH CAPTAIN PARK IN COMMAND ( REPORT THAT IT WAS STILL CAPTAIN MOLLISON )

LANCASHIRE WITCTH

LANCASHIRE WITCH WAS BUILT IN 1862 HER OFFICIAL NUMBER WAS 45445 SHE WAS LOST FROM THE REGISTRY IN 1897


I AM NOT SURE IF THE ABOVE  VESSELS WERE EVER CHARTERED BY SHAW SAVILL & CO THE VESSELS ARE FREQUENTLY CONFUSED AS THEY WERE MOST LIKELY  IN SERVICE AT THE SAME TIME