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CITY OF QUEBEC

THE CITY OF QUEBEC HAD BEEN BUILT IN 1853  FOR THE QUEBEC TRADE AND WAS CHARTERED BY SHAW SAVILL & CO IN IN 1878.

 SHE SAILED FROM LONDON TON LYTTLETON, LEAVING LONDON ON THE 3RD DECEMBER AND ARRIVING IN LYTTLETON ON  5TH MARCH 1879. HER MASTER ON THIS VOYAGE WAS CAPTAIN FALCONER.PART OF HER CARGO ON THIS VOYAGE WERE SOME FIVE AND SEVEN TON GUNS FOR LYTTLETON'S HARBOUR DEFENCE SYSTEM.

 SHE MADE  A SECOND VOYAGE FOR SHAW SAVILLE & CO THE FOLLOWING YEAR IN 1880, STILL WITH CAPTAIN FALCONER IN COMMAND.THIS TIME SHE VOYAGED FROM LONDON TO AUCKLAND.THERE WERE ONLY THIRTY PASSENGERS ONBOARD ON  VOYAGE.

 

 

CITY OF QUEBEC

CITY OF QUEBEC WAS BUILT IN GREENOCK IN 1855 AND WAS A IRON VESSEL OF 708 TONS. SHE WAS OWNED BY MONTGOMERIE & CO OF LONDON.THE SHIPS MASTER WAS CAPTAIN D PEBELES

THIS IS MOST LIKELY THE SAME VESSEL AS THE ABOVE VESSEL

 

 

 

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