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BEACON LIGHT / LIGHT OF THE AGE

BEACON LIGHT / LIGHT OF THE AGE WAS A THREE MASTED WOODEN VESSEL OF 1,287 TONS ( 1,280 / 1,320 TONS ) BUILT IN 1851 ? AS THE BEACON LIGHT ( MOST LIKELY THE YEAR OF BUILT WAS ACTUALLY 1855 )

SHE WAS OWNED BY JOTHAM A STETSON FROM 1855 TO 1857 WHO HAD BUILT HER AT CHELSEA, MASS

SHE WAS RENAMED 'LIGHT OF THE AGE' IN 1857 BY MARSHALL & EDRIDGE OF LONDON.SHE WAS REGISTERED IN LONDON

SHE WAS AQUIRED BY T N MACKAY OF LONDON IN 1862 SHE WAS THEN SOLD IN 1866 ( T H MACKAY BEING ONE OF THE PARTENERS FORMING THE BLACK BALL LINE WITH JAMES BAINES )

SHE SAILED FROM LONDON ON 27TH SEPTEMBER 1863 AND ARRIVED IN BRISBANE ON 27TH JANUARY 1864. CAPTAIN THOMAS PORTER WAS IN COMMAND ( BLACKBALL LINE VOYAGE ) SHE CARRIED GENERAL CARGO AND 447 PASSENGERS

SHE WAS CHARTERED BYTHE WHITE STAR LINE IN 1865

SHE WAS LOST ON 16TH JAN 1868 OFF POINT LONSDALE BEACH, PORT PHILLIPS HEADS

SHE WAS ON VOYAGE FROM LIVERPOOL TO MELBOURNE CARRYING 42 PASSENGERS

BEACON LIGHT

THE FOLLOWING IS FOR REFERENCE ONLY AND PREVENT MIS IDENTIFICATION OF THE WHITE STAR CHARTERED VESSEL

BEACON LIGHT WAS A VESSEL OF 915 TONS BUILT / LAUNCHED IN 1869 AT MONCTON NB FOR R BLAIR OF ST JOHN.

SHE ONLY HAD ONE CAPTAIN DURING HER LIFE TIME WHICH WAS CAPTAIN FRY

IN JUNE OF 1871 SHE WAS ON VOYAGE TO RANGOON CARRYING A CARGO OF COAL WHEN SHE CAUGHT ON FIRE, THE CREW TRIED FOR THREE DAYS TO BRING IT UNDER CONTROL BUT SHE WAS FINALLY ABANDONED ABOUT 300 MILES NORTH WEST OF TRISTAN DA CUNHA AND SANK.

SIX MEN DIED WHEN THE CREW TOOK TO THE SHIPS BOATS.THE REMAINING 16 CREW MEMBERS LANDED ON WEST TRISTAN DA CUNHA A FEW DAYS LATER