PENTHESILEA

PENTHESILEA WAS A VESSEL OF 1,068 TONS. SHE WAS  BUILT IN 1871 SHE WAS ON THE LONDON TO MELBOURNE ROUTE FOR THE WHITE STAR LINE OF PACKETS AND WOULD HAVE BEEN CHARTERED.
ON THE 18TH NOVEMBER 1873 WHILE AT WILLIAMSTOWN BREAK WATER SHE HAD A FIRE ONBOARD  WHICH WAS THE THIRD TIME A FIRE HAD BEEN DISCOVERED ONBOARD WHICH WAS CONSIDERED AS SUSPICIOUS/ARSON 

 A PICTURE DATING TO 1904 OF THE CREW OF THE PENTHESILEA TAKEN AT PUGET SOUND

 

 

PENTHISILEA

PENTHISILEA WAS A VESSEL OF 1,707 TONS BUILT IN 1869 BY OSWALD & CO OF SUNDERLAND.SHE WAS OWNED BY WILLIAM JONES AND REGISTERED IN LIVERPOOL.PENTHISILEA IS SHOWN HERE IN FOWEY HARBOUR


I PUT THIS INFORMATION HERE TO HELP IDENTIFICATION OF THE WHITE STAR LINE OF PACKETS VESSEL AS THESE TWO VESSELS HAVE SIMILIAR NAMES AND WERE AROUND AT THE SAME
TIME

IN HISTORY AND ARE OFTEN CONFUSED

 

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