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MERCHANT PRINCE

MERCHANT PRINCE A VESSEL OF 1,760 TONS SHE WAS BUILT IN 1856 BY McLACHLAN OF CARLETON NEW BRUNSWICK .

THE WHITE STAR LINE CHARTERED HER FROM WILLIS & CO OF LIVERPOOL AND UNDER THE COMMAND OF CAPTAIN M'LAY SHE LEFT LIVERPOOL IN NOVEMBER OF
1857 BOUND FOR AUSTRALIA ( REPORTS OF HER HAVING SAILED FROM LIVERPOOL ON 5TH DECEMBER 1857 )


IN APRIL OF 1859 SHE WAS CHARTERED AGAIN FROM WILLIS & CO AND LEFT LIVERPOOL FOR MELBOURNE

IN 1862 SHE WAS ONCE MORE CHARTERED FROM WILLIS & CO AND SAILED FOR AUSRALIA ON 20TH JANUARY 1862 WITH CAPTAIN M'LAY STILL BEING IN COMMAND





THERE HAVE BEEN MANY SHIPS CALLED MERCHANT PRINCE

FROM THIS ERA THERE WAS ALSO THE MERCHANT PRINCE BUILT IN 1883 BY HS EDWARDS, SONS & CRAIG.
ON 13TH JANUARY 1940 SHE WAS BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN SUNK BY U21

THERE WAS A MERCHANT PRINCE THAT COLLIDED WITH THE BARGE HANS GUDE ( WHICH SANK ) IN 1885

ABOVE FOR REFERENCE ONLY NO WSL / SSA CONNECTION