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MATOAKA

MATOAKA WAS A VESSEL OF 1323 TONS. SHE WAS OWNED BY SEYMOUR, PEACOCK & CO OF LONDON

SHE WAS CHARTERED BY SHAW SAVILL & CO, WHO WITH WILLIAM MILES & CO OF BRISTOL HAD A CONTRACT WITH THE GOVERNMENT OF CANTERBURY ( NEW ZEALND ) FOR THE PASSAGE OF WEST COUNTRY EMIGRANTS TO LYTTELTON. THE MATOAKA WAS PURCHASED BY SHAW SAVILL & CO IN 1867

 SHE MADE EIGHT VOYAGES FOR THEM FROM THE U.K TO LYTTLETON

IN 1869  SHE LEFT LYTTLETON  BOUND   FOR THE U.K WITH CAPTAIN ALFRED STEVENS IN COMMAND  AND  WAS NEVER SEEN AGAIN.SHE WAS CARRYING FORTY FIVE PASSENGERS AND HAD A CREW OF THIRTY TWO

 ON HER LAST COUPLE OF VOYAGES SHE HAD TAKEN OUT ENGLISH GARDEN BIRDS, AND PARTRIDGE / PHEASANTS AS CARGO.

MATOAKA

MATOAKA WAS A WOOD 3 MASTED VESSEL OF 1,092 TONS BUILT IN NEW BRUNSWICK IN 1853 FOR WILLIS GANN &  CO

SHE LEFT LIVERPOOL ON 21ST OCTOBER 1856 AND ARRIVED IN BOTANY BAY ON THE 22ND JANUARY 1857  WITH CAPTAIN W M KEWLEY IN COMMAND

SHE WAS SOLD TO SHAW SAVILL & CO BY 1859 AND MADE EIGHT VOYAGES BETWEEN THEIR BUYING HER AND 1869

SHE SAILED FROM LONDON WITH CAPTAIN STEVENS IN COMMAND ON 13TH JUNE 1859 AND ARRIVED IN WELLINGTON 13TH SEPTEMBER AND THEN SAILED ONTO AUCKLAND ARRIVING THERE ON 17TH SEPTEMBER 1859. SHE CARRIED ABOUT A HUNDRED PASSENGERS

THIS IS THE SAME VESSEL BUT THERE ARE CONFLICTING BITS OF INFORMATION - IT NEEDS RESEARCHING A BIT MORE