JAMES NICOL FLEMING / NAPIER

JAMES NICOL FLEMING WAS BUILT IN 1869 BY ROBERT DUNCAN & CO AT PORT GLASGOW. SHE WAS A COMPOSITE VESSEL OF 1,050 TONS.

SHE HAD BEEN BUILT FOR THE BRITISH & BURMESE SN CO OF GLASGOW ( P HENDERSON & CO - LATER PART OF  ALBION LINE )

SHE WAS RE-NAMED 'NAPIER' IN 1878/79 WHEN SHE BECAME PART OF THE ALBION LINE.

IN 1881 SHE WAS SOLD TO J HOSSACK OF LIVERPOOL. 

SHE WAS WRECKED ON 2ND SEPTEMBER 1891 ON  CONQUEST ROCK (N.CARRIZAL ISLE ) WHEN ON A VOYAGE FROM VALPARISO TO THE UK

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NAPIER

NAPIER WAS A VESSEL OF 572 TONS BUILT IN 1863 BY PILE & CO OF WEST HARTLEPOOL IN 1863

H T WILSON & CHAMBERS (THE WHITE STAR LINE ) CHARTERED HER  FROM PARK BROTHERS ( LONDON ) IN 1864  AND MADE A VOYAGE FROM LIVERPOOL TO MELBOURNE

 THE FOLLOWING YEAR SHE WAS CHARTERED AGAIN AND MADE VOYAGES TO AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALND