NELSON  

NELSON A VESSEL OF 1,310 TONS  BUILT IN 1862 BY LAWRENCE HILL & CO AT PORT GLASGOW. SHE WAS OWNED BY POTTER & WILSON AND HAD BEEN REGISTERED IN GLASGOW.

IN 1864 SHE WAS UNDER THE CONTROL OF THE BRITISH SHIP OWNERS AND REGISTERED IN LIVERPOOL.

 IN 1880 SHE WAS OWNED BY LEYLAND & CO AND DISAPPEARS FROM THE REGISTRY IN 1883.

THERE IS A POSSIBILITY THAT SHE WAS ABANDONED IN A SINKING CONDITION ON 25TH OCTOBER 1895 OF SCHOUWEN  ( WHICH LEAVES 12 YEARS UN ACCOUNTED FOR, I SUSPOSE SHE COULD HAVE BEEN RENAMED  )

THERE ARE DOUBTS REGARDING  THE ABOVE PICTURE AS TO WHETHER IT SHOWS THE 1862 NELSON OR IF ITS THE 1874 NELSON OWNED BY SHAW SAVILL & CO - I TEND TO THINK IT IS THE 1862 VESSEL - THE PICTURE MIGHT WELL HAVE BEEN TAKEN IN WELLINGTON

 

 

NELSON

NELSON WAS A VESSEL OF 1,247 / 1,310 TONS BUILT IN 1874 BY ROBERT DUNCAN FOR PATRICK  HENDERSON ( ALBION LINE ) SPECIFICALLY BUILT TO CARRY PASSENGERS AND AS SUCH HAD GOOD ACCOMODATION.

SHE WAS ONE OF EIGHT SUCH VESSELS HER SISTERS SHIPS BEING OAMARU TIMARU DUNEDIN AUCKLAND WELLINGTON INVERCARGILL AND CANTERBURY.

SHE ORIGINALLY RAN IN COMPETION WITH THE SHAW SAVIL & CO BUT IN 1882 / 1883 SHE WAS UNDER THE SHAW SAVILL & ALBION LINE FLAG WHEN THE TWO COMPANIES MERGED.

SHE WAS OWNED BY HENRY BIRKMYRE ( GUTHRIE'S ) OF PORT GLASGOW IN 1890 

SHE TRADED DOWN TO NEW ZEALAND FROM 1874 UP UNTIL 1902

SHE SAILED FROM GLASGOW CARRYING 317 PASSENGERS ON 1ST OCTOBER 1874 ARRIVING AT THE SNARES ON DECEMBER 29TH AND PUTTING INTO PORT CHALMERS ON DECEMBER 31 ST ( A PASSAGE OF ONLY 75 DAYS ) CAPTAIN ANDERSON WAS IN COMMAND

 IN 1906 SHE WAS SOLD TO OELCKERS OF VALPARISO AND PLACED UNDER THE CHILLEAN FLAG WITHOUT A NAME CHANGE AND CONVERTED TO A BARQUE

IN 1914 SHE WAS TAKEN OVER BY THE PERUVIAN GOVERMNET AND USED ON THE GUANO TRADE

SHE WENT BACK TO CHILE AT PUERTO MONT 

THERE ARE REPORTS THAT SHE WAS WRECKED IN 1943  IN CHACAO CHANNEL OFF CHACAO AND SCRAPPED IN 1944

THERE IS A REPORT THAT "SHE WAS SEEN IN SYDNEY AS LATE AS 1916 " AND " SHE WAS REPORTED AS BEING AFLOAT AS LATE AS 1917"

THIS INFORMATION EITHER IS WRONG OR REFERS TOANOTHER VESSEL CALLED NELSON


THE ABOVE SHOWS A RECORD OF HER VOYAGES ( WHITE WINGS )

 

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NELSON / MELITA  

 NELSON MOORED BEHIND THE VESSEL "MELITA".

 

CAUTION IS REQUIRED RESEARCHING THESE VESSELS - BOTH WERE IN SERVICE AT THE SAME PERIOD IN TIME, BOTH TRADING TO NEW ZEALND UNDER THE SAME NAME AND BOTH HAD SIMILIAR TONNAGE

 

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