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