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LEICHARDT

LEICHARDT WAS A VESSEL OF 621 TONS AND HAD BEEN BUILT IN 1853 FOR THE TEA TRADE TO CHINA WHICH SHE ENGAGED IN UNTIL THE MID EIGHTEEN-SIXTIES AND WAS OWNED BY MR PROWSE OF LONDON.

SHE DID ONE VOYAGE DOWN TO NEW ZEALAND WITH CAPTAIN PHILLIPS IN COMMAND SAILING FROM START POINT ON THE 17TH AUGUST AND ARRIVING IN NEW ZEALAND ON 23RD NOVEMBER WITH 21 SALOON AND SECOND CLASS PASSENGERS ( YEAR ? )

ON FRTIDAY 30TH OCOBER 1868 SHE WAS BOUND FOR NEW ZEALAND AGAIN WITH THE SHIPS MASTER STILL BEING CAPTAIN PHILLIPS WHEN SHE WAS RUN DOWN IN THE THAMES JUST OFF GRAVESEND BY THE SS NORTH STAR, THERE WAS NO LOSS OF LIFE.