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MOORESFORT

MOORESFORT WAS A VESSEL OF 1,278 TONS.SHE HAD BEEN BUILT IN ST JOHN IN 1853 AND WAS OWNED BY MOORE & CO AND WAS REGISTERED IN
LIVERPOOL.

THE SHIPS MASTER WAS CAPTAIN E COLTHARST  ( REPORT OF THE CAPTAIN BEING CAPTAIN CALTHURST, SPELLING MISTAKE ? )

SHE WAS CHARTERED BY THE WHITE STAR LINE IN 1854 .

SHE LEFT LIVERPOOL ON THE 17TH OCTOBER 1853 AND ARRIVED IN MELBOURNE / PORT PHILLIP ON 13TH JANUARY 1854 SHE CARRIED 461 PASSENGERS.

SHE WAS BACK IN MELBOURNE ON THE 19TH MARCH 1855 UNDER THE COMAND OF CAPTAIN E COLTHARST