MONTMORENCY

MONTMORENCY WAS A VESSEL OF 668 / 871 TONS BUILT IN 1854 AT QUEBEC AND OWNED BY THE BLACKBALL LINE 1855 TO 1866

SHE ARRIVED IN LAUNCESTON ON JUNE 25TH 1855

SHE WAS CHARTERED BY WILSON & JAMES BAINE ( BLACKBALL LINE JOINT CHARTER OR MORE LIKELY WILSON CHARTERED HER FROM THE BLACKBALL LINE  ) IN 1857

SHE  LEFT LONDON AND ARRIVED AT MORETON BAY 30TH DECEMBER 1861

SHE LEFT LONDON BOUND QUEENSLAND 7TH APRIL 1862

WITH CAPTAIN MAXWELL IN COMMAND SHE FROM SAILED FROM LIVERPOOL ON 15TH APRIL 1863 AND ARRIVED IN BRISBANE ROADS THURSDAY 16TH JULY 1863 SHE HAD 400 TONS OF GENERAL CARGO ONBOARD AND CARRIED 374 PASSENGERS.


MONTMORENCY WAS TOTALLY DESTROYED BY FIRE AT NAPIER IN MARCH ? 1867 CAPTIN McKENZIE WAS IN COMMAND SHE WAS CARRYING 400 TONS OF CARGO