PERU / LOUISA CRAIG / RAUPO

PERU / LOUISA CRAIG / RAUPO WAS A IRON BARQUE OF 683 TONS BUILT IN 1876 BY J KEY & SONS AT ABDEN SHIPYARD, KINGHORN. HER OWNERS WERE J W ROBERTSON AND SHE WAS  REGISTERED IN DUNDEE. IN 1907 SHE WAS SOLD TO J CRAIG & CO AND RE-NAMED LOUISA CRAIG AND RE-REGISTERED IN AUCKLAND. IN 1916 SHE WAS RE-NAMED RAUPO AND HER OWNERS WERE NOW G H SCALES OF  WELLINGTON. SCALES KEPT HER UNTIL 1921. SHE WAS THEN  LAID UP IN WELLINGTON BUT SOLD THE FOLLOWING YEAR AS A COAL HULK AND TOWED TO LYTLLETON.SHE WAS TOWED TO QUAIL ISLAND AND BEACHED IN 1937. THERE IS A REFERENCE TO THE FACT THAT SHE WAS LOST FROM THE REGISTRY BY 1929. THE ABOVE PICTURE SHOWS HER DOCKED IN PORT CHALMERS.THE SECOND PICTURE SHOWS HER AS THE 'LOUISA CRAIG'

I AM NOT 100% CERTAIN IF THIS IS THE VESSEL CHARTERED BY SHAW SAVILL OR NOT, THERE WERE A LOT OF VESSELS CALLED PERU, THE TIME SCALE IS CORRECT AS IS THE FACT THAT A VESSEL CALLED 'PERU' WAS CHARTERED BY SHAW SAVILL