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LOCHMABEN CASTLE

LOCHMABEN CASTLE WAS  A VESSEL OF 1,360 TONS

SHE WAS CHARTERED BY PILKINGTON & WILSON ( WHITE STAR ) ON 19TH APRIL 1851 FOR A VOYAGE FROM LIVERPOOL TO NEW YORK

THE VESSEL DID THE SAME ROUTE THE PREVIOUS YEAR 11TH NOVEMBER 1850 LIVERPOOL TO NEW YORK

( MAYBE SHE WAS ON A WHITE STAR CHARTER FOR THIS VOYAGE ALSO, BUT I AM NOT 100% SURE, BUT MOST LIKELY )

I QUESTION THE SIZE OF THIS VESSEL AS BEING 1,360 TONS, WHICH IS THE SAME AS THE VESSEL WHICH WRECKED ON BIRD ISLAND MAYBE CONFUSION BETWEEN THE TWO VESSELS OR MAYBE JUST  COINCIDENCE

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LOCHMABEN CASTLE

LOCHMABEN CASTLE WAS A VESSEL OF 1,360 TONS BUILT IN 1854 BY JARDINE'S IN RICHIBUCTO.

ON ROUTE TO QUEBEC CARRYING A CARGO RAILWAY IRON AND 570 PASSENGERS SHE WRECKED ON BIRD'S ROCK IN THE  GULF OF ST LASWRENCE ON 4TH JUNE JUNE 1855. THE WEATHER HAD BEEN HAZY BUT ON THE MORNING OF THE 4TH JUNE TURNED TO DENSE FOG AND THE VESSEL RAN UP ONTO THE ROCKS

ALL PASSENGERS WERE RESCUED BUT THE VESSEL WAS A COMPLETE LOSS