MELITA

 MELITA WAS A VESSEL OF 914 TONS

SHAW SAVILLE & CO CHARTERED HER FOR FIVE VOYAGES TO NEW ZEALAND.

HER FIRST VOYAGE FOR THEM WAS IN 1866 LEAVING GLASGOW IN JULY AND ARRIVING IN PORT CHALMERS IN NOVEMBER OF 1866.

THE PICTURE ABOVE SHOWS MELITA MOORED IN FRONT OF NELSON.

SHE SAILED FROM LONDON ON 22ND AUGUST 1868 FOR WELLINGTON ARRIVING WELLINGTON 15TH DECEMBER 1868 WITH CAPTAIN GRANT IN COMMAND

MELITA

MELITA WAS  BUILT IN 1853 BY DENNY & BROS OF DUMBARTON AND WAS A VESSEL OF 1,061 TONS

SHE WAS OWNED BY W D DENNY OF GLASGOW FROM 1853 TO 1862

SHE WAS OWNED BY BEGBIE THOMAS OF LONDON FROM 1862 TO 1862

SHE WAS THEN OWNED BY ANGLO-PORTUGESE SS CO LTD ( ISSACS & SONS OF LONDON ) 1862 TO 1863

SHE WAS OWNED BY CE DIXON OF LIVERPOOL FROM 1863 TO 1868

SHE WAS OPEREARTED BY THE WARREN LINE FROM 1866 UNTIL SHE WAS LOST ON 5TH SEPTEMBER 1868 DUE TO A FIRE. ALL THE PASSENGERS WERE SAVED

MELIA

MELITA WAS BUILT IN 1877  WAS A VESSEL OF 1,390 TONS. SHE HAD BEEN BUILT BY WILLIAM GRAY & CO OF SUNDERLAND.

HER ENGINES FITTED BY  RICHARDSON & SONS.

SHE WAS OWNED BY WM GRAY & SONS

ON A VOYAGE FROM BENISAF TO NEWPORT SHE WRECKED ON SUSAN ROCKS ( CEUTA ) ON 29TH APRIL 1886

CUNARD ALSO HAD A VESSEL CALLED MELITA IN 1860 WHICH THEY USED ON THE LIVERPOOL TO QUEBEC ROUTE

 MELITA

 MELITA WAS NOT LAUNCHED UNTIL 1917 - SHE WAS OWNED BY CANADIAN PACIFIC

ABOVE FOR REFRENCE ONLY - THERE WERE SEVERAL VESSELS BEARING THE SAME NAME  IN OPERATION AT ALMOST THE SAME TIME  - NO SHAW SAVILL CONNECTIONS