NORWOOD

THE NORWOOD WAS A CLIPPER SHIP.SHE WAS CHARTERED BY SHAW SAVILL & CO FOR THREE VOYAGES.

HER FIRST VOYAGE WAS FROM DEAL TO AUCKLAND HAVING LEFT DEAL ON NOVEMBER 25TH 1860 AND ARRIVED IN AUCKLAND MARCH 4TH 1861.SHE CARRIED 291 PEOPLE INCLUDING MILITARY PERSONEL.

SHE MADE TWO MORE VOYAGES TO AUCKLAND.AGAIN CARRYING MILITARY PERSONELL .

I BELIEVE THAT THE BELOW IS THE SAME VESSEL

SEBASTOPOL / NORWOOD

NORWOOD WAS A THREE MASTED WOOD VESSEL OF 786 / 849 TONS LAUNCHED AS SEBASTOPOL AND CONVERTED TO A BARQUE IN 1876 BUILT BY ARROW LEITHEAD OF PALLION

SHE WAS OWNED BY JOHN LUSCOMBE UP UNTIL 1870  AND IN 1875 BY HY WAKE UPTON OF ESSEL AND THEN BY WILLIAM NATTRASS OF LONDON IN 1876

SHE WAS USED AS A CONVICT SHIP AND TRANSPORTED CONVICTS TO W.AUSTRALIA TWICE ONCE IN 1862 AND ONCE IN 1867

SHE LEFT PORTLAND ON 16TH MARCH CARRYING CONVICTS AND ARRIVED IN FREEMANTLE ( SWAN RIVER COLONY )  ON 9TH JUNE1862

CAPTAIN FRANK BRISTOW WAS IN COMMAND ( CAPT BRISTOW COMMANDED HER FROM 1856 TO 1879 )

SHE MIGHT HAVE BEEN REGISTERED IN ABERDEEN AT ONE STAGE IN HER LIFE