CITY OF PERTH / TURAKINA / ELIDA

THE CITY OF PERTH WAS BUILT BY CONNELL & CO ON THE RIVER CLYDE IN 1869. SHE WAS A VESSEL 1,189 TONS

SHE WAS OWNED BY GEORGE SMITH & SONS AND HAD BEEN REGISTERED IN GLASGOW 

 SHE WAS ORIGINALLY USED ON THE CALCUTTA TRADE

 IN 1873 SHE WAS PUT ONTO THE AUSTRALIA RUN. IN 1881 SHE WAS PUT ON THE LONDON TO NEW ZEALAND RUN.

 IN 1882 SHE WAS ANCHORED OFF TIMARU THERE WERE SEVERE GALES THERE THE VESSEL BEN VENUE HAD ALREADY BEEN DRIVEN ASHORE AND  THE CITY OF PERTH'S CABLES PARTED

SHE WAS DRIVEN ASHORE ALSO, THE CREW ABANDONED THE VESSEL AND WERE HELPED ASHORE BY LOCAL BOATMEN.

THE ABOVE PICTURE SHOWS THE TWO VESSELS ASHORE

 CITY OF PERTH WAS LATER SOLD AND  RE-NAMED TURAKINA ( NEW ZEALAND SHIPPING CO ) IN 1882 AND REGISTERED IN LYTTLETON

IN 1889 SHE WAS SOLD TO A NORWEGIAN COMPANY AND RENAMED ELIDA AND CONVERTED TO A BARQUE