MYSTERY
MYSTERY WAS BUILT IN 1854 AT BOSTON MASS.SHE WAS A VESSEL OF 1069 TONS
SHE WAS PURCHASED BY PILKINGTON & WILSON ( WHO STARTED THE ORIGINAL WHITE STAR LINE ) SOMETIME IN 1854 POSSIBLY DIRECT FROM THE BUILDERS.
SHE MADE THREE VOYAGES TO NEW ZEALAND.
THE FIRST UNDER THE COMMAND OF CAPTAIN MATTHEWS.SAILING FROM LONDON 29TH DECEMBER 1858 DOWN TO LYTTELTONARRIVING ON MARCH 20TH 1859.THREE HUNDRED IMMIGRANTS WERE ONBOARD, FIFTEEN DIED AS SMALLPOX AND SCARLET FEVER BROKE OUT SHORTLY AFTER DEPARTING FROM LONDON.
THE SECOND VOYAGE TO NEW ZEALAND WAS UNDER THE COMMAND OF CAPTAIN STRAPP IN 1862 SHE SAILED FROM LONDON TO LYYTLETON.
IN 1864 SHE SAILED FROM LONDON TO PORT CHALMERSWITH CAPTAIN STRAPP STILL IN COMMAND
THE ABOVE PICTURE SHOWS A VESSEL CALLED MYSTERY BUT IT'S NOT BEEN 100% IDENTIFIED - WITH JUST TWO MASTS IT MAKES ME THINK IT'S NOT THE 1854 PILKINGTOM & WILSON VESSEL, IT LOOKS LIKE A VESSEL OF NO MORE THAN 500 TONS IF THAT
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