LILLIES

LILLIES WAS A 3 MASTED VESSEL OF 1,464/1,665  TONS BUILT IN 1855 BY ALEXANDER SIME OF ST.JOHN FOR ALEXANDER MCLAUCHLIN SEELEY OF ST.JOHN NB

HER MAIDEN VOYAGE WAS IN 1855 FROM ST JOHN TO LIVERPOOL


SHE LEFT LIVERPOOL IN 1857 AND ARRIVED IN VICTORIA IN DECEMBER 1857

IN 1861 SHE WAS CHARTERED BY THE WHITE STAR LINE FROM ALEXANDER SEELY. SHE WAS DISPATCHED TO AUSTRALIA ON THE EMIGRANT TRADE, HER MASTER AT THIS TIME WAS CAPTAIN WILLIAM BELL, THE FIRST MATE ON THIS VOYAGE WAS A MR DAVIES.

ON OCTOBER  30TH ( 10TH ? )  1863 HAVING LEFT LIVERPOOL BOUND FOR BOMBAY CARRYING A CARGO OF COAL ANCHORED OF THE FOOT OF WYRE, AFTER  HAVING GONE AGROUND IN MOORCOM BAY, LIVERPOOL.

THE FOLLOWING DAY ALL BUT FOUR OF THE CREW WERE TAKEN OF THE VESSEL. ON THE 2ND NOVEMBER 1863 THE LILLIES SANK ON THE FLOOD TIDE IN MOORCOM BAY.