QUEEN BEE

QUEEN BEE WAS A VESSEL OF 726 TONS. SHE HAD BEEN BUILT IN 1859 BY BRIGGS OF SUNDERLAND .SHE WAS OWNED BY LESLIE & CO ( THERE IS A REPORT THAT SHE WAS BUILT BY LESLIE & CO, BUT MOST LIKELY THEY MEANT BUILT FOR LESLIE & CO )

SHE LEFT LONDON ON 19TH NOVEMBER 1864 AND ARRIVED IN PORT ADELAIDE 10TH MARCH 1865 WITH CAPTAIN C GOODWIN BEING IN COMMAND

 ON A VOYAGE FROM LONDON TO NELSON IN 1877 SHE RAN AGROUND NEAR THE ENTRANCE TO GOLDEN BAY ( FAREWELL SPIT  )  AND BECAME A TOTAL LOSS.ONE OF THE SHIPS BOATS MADE IT TO MOETUEKA AND RAISED THE ALARM, THE REST OF THE CREW AND PASSENGERS WERE FOUND AFTER A SEARCH AND TAKEN TO NELSON.THEY HAD SPENT THREE DAYS AWAITING RESCUE THE ONLY CASUALTY WAS THE SHIPS CARPENTER, WHO DROWNED.