PRINCE OF WALES

BUILT IN 1842 BY WALTER HOOD & CO, FOR THE ABERDEEN LINE, SHE WAS A VESSEL OF 516 TONS. HER MAIDEN VOYAGE WAS TO NEW ZEALAND WITH IMMIGRANTS, RETURN JOURNEY WAS VIA SOUTH AMERICA, PICKING UP A CARGO OF NITRATE ( GUANO ) BETWEEN 1847 AND 1853 SHE DID REGULAR TRIPS DOWN TO SYDNEY, PRESUMABLY FROM THE U.K. SHE WAS FOUND CAPSIZED IN 1853, SHE HAD BEEN ON A VOYAGE FROM  MELBOURNE TO  SYDNEY.

THERE WAS ANOTHER PRINCE OF WALES THAT WAS BUILT IN 1861 AT NEW BRUNSWICK, FOR THE ATLANTIC TIMBER TRADE AND WAS A VESSEL OF 924 TONS. SHE DID A VOYAGE FROM LONDON TO LYTTLETON AND PORT CHALMERS IN 1863 UNDER THE COMMAND OF CAPTAIN McWILLIAM, TAKING 118 DAYS. SHAW SAVILL & CO CHARTERED AT ONE TIME ?

DO NOT CONFUSE THESE VESSELS WITH THE  PRINCE OF WALES BUILT IN SOUTHAMPTON IN 1850 FOR MONEY WIGRAM & CO  ( THE VESSEL OUTFITTED TO GO IN SEARCH OF THE DOOMED FRANKLIN EXPEDITION IN 1856 )