MALLOWDALE / ADOLPHE / SESA

MALLOWDALE WAS AN IRON SHIP OF 1,290 / 1,334 TONS BUILT AT LANCASTER BY THE LUNE SHIPPIG CO IN 1869 ( THERE ARE SOURCES THAT QUOTE 1886 AS BEING THE YEAR SHE WAS BUILT  ) HER OFFICIAL NUMBER WAS 63289.SHE WAS CONVERTED TO A BARQUE IN ABOUT 1889

  SHE WAS OWNED BY T HUNTER AND REGISTERED IN GREENOCK.THE SHIPS MASTER WAS CAPTAIN SHAPLAND AND THEN LATER SHE WS COMMANDED BY CATAIN SEATOR. SHE WAS USED ON THE GREENOCK TO NEW ZEALAND ROUTE

SHE WAS OWNED BY THE LANCASTER SHIPPING CO BETWEEN 1875 AND 1889

LATER SHE WAS BOUGHT BY A COMPANY IN DUNKIRK  ( COMPANY BORDES ) AND RE-NAMED ADOLPHE AND WAS REGISTERED IN DUNKIRK

SHE WAS THEN BOUGHT BY THE ADELAIDE STEAM SHIP COMPANY IN 1904  WHO RE-NAMED HER SESA WHO USED HER AS A HULK

SHE WAS  SCUTTLED IN ROTTNEST ON 4TH JULY  1928.

SHE MADE A VOYAGE FROM LONDON ON 17TH DECEMBER 1874 ARRIVINGIN PORT CHALMEBERS ON 9TH MARCH 1875 CAPTAIN SHAPLAND BEING IN COMMAND

SHE PICKED TEN SURVIVORS UP FROM THE VESSEL BERUSSIA ( THE SHIPS DOCTOR & NINE OTHERS ) WHICH HAD SPRUNG A LEAK.

THE GERMAN VESSEL FULDA PICKED UP A FURTHER FIVE SURVIVORS THESE WERE THE ONLY SURVIVORS 169 PEOPLE WERE TO DROWN