OAMARU / FOX

OAMARU WAS LAUNCHED IN 1874 FOR PATRICK HENDERSON'S ALBION LINE BY DUNCAN OF GLASGOW . SHE WAS A VESSEL OF 1,306 TONS. SHE WAS ONE OF EIGHT SUCH VESSELS. HER SISTERS SHIPS BEING TIMARU,DUNEDIN,AUCKLAND,WELLINGTON, NELSON,INVERCARGILL AND CANTERBURY .INITIALLY OAMARU AND TIMARU WERE TO HAVE BEEN NAMED 'SCOTIA' AND 'ALBION', BUT THE NAMES WERE CHANGED BEFORE THE SHIPS WERE LAUNCHED.SHE WAS SOLD IN 1905 TO A NORWEGIAN COMPANY  AND RENAMED ' FOX ' SHE WAS BROKENUP IN 1912