MONTMORENCY

MONTMORENCY WAS A VESSEL OF 812 TONS ( 668/712 TONS OFTEN QUOTED ) BUILT IN QUEBEC IN 1854 FOR JAMES BAINES & CO OF LIVERPOOL ( BLACKBALL LINE )

SHE WAS CHARTERED BY SHAW SAVILLE & CO. SHE SAILED FROM LONDON  ON 7TH DECEMBER 1866, ARRIVING IN NAPIER ON MARCH 24TH 1867. THE SHIPS MASTER ON THIS VOYAGE WAS CAPTAIN MACKENZIE.

THE VESSEL HAD ALSO MADE A VOYAGE FROM LONDON TO WELLINGTON IN 1857 UNDER THE COMMAND OF CAPTAIN KIDDIE . LEAVING LONDON ON DECEMBER 13TH, AND ARRIVED IN WELLINGTON ON 11TH APRIL 1858. FROM WELLINGTON SHE WENT TO LYTTLETON ARRIVING ON 11TH MAY.

 I AM NOT SURE IF SHE WAS CHARTERED BY SHAW SAVILLE & CO FOR BOTH OF THESE VOYAGES, OR JUST FOR ONE.

ON HER SECOND VOYAGE FOUR DAYS AFTER ARRIVING AT NAPIER ON 28TH MAY 1867 SHE WAS AT ANCHOR AND A FIRE STARTED AND RAGED UN-CONTROLLABLE AND THE VESSEL WAS LOST. NO CAUSE WAS FOUND FOR THE FIRE. MOST OF THE PASSENGERS LOST THEIR LUGGAGE AND OTHER POSSESSION'S IN THE FIRE, THOU THERE WAS NO GREAT LOSS OF LIFE.

THERE IS A REPORT THAT SHE WAS LOST IN MARCH 1867 BURNING TO THE WATER LINE WHILST ALONGSIDE