RED JACKET

LEFT NEW YORK IN 1854 ON HER MAIDEN VOYAGE TO ANGLESEY.SAILED FROM LIVERPOOL UNDER WHITE STAR MANAGEMENT IN 1854.SHE WAS USED ON THE UK TO AUSTRALIA PASSENGER TRADE,AND WAS ONE OF THE FASTEST SHIPS OF HER DAY.IN THE 1870'S SHE WAS BEING USED ON THE LIVERPOOL TO CANADA TIMBER TRADE.SHE EVENTUALLY BECAME A COAL HULK OF CAPE VERDE.

BALASORE / DALBEK / RED JACKET / MONONGAHELA 

SHE WAS A FOUR MASTED BARQUE OF  2,782 TONS AND HAD BEEN BUILT IN GLASGOW  BY BARCLAY & CURLE. SHE WAS IN SERVICE BETWEEN ABOUT 1892 AND 1943

FOR REFERENCE ONLY TO STOP MIS IDENTIFICATION OF THE WSL CHARTERED RED JACKET - NO WSL / SSA CONNECTIONS