RIALTO

 RIALTO WAS AN IRON BARQUE  OF 1,233 / 1,166 TONS WHICH HAD BEEN BUILT IN 1869 BY OSWALD & CO OF SUNDELAND MERCHANT SHIPPING CO LTD.SHE WAS COMMANDED BY CAPTAIN J BABOT.

SHE WAS OWNED BY CHARLES SAUNDERS & CO  OF LIVERPOOL

 SHE DID AT LEAST ONE VOYAGE CHARTERED TO SHAW SAVILL & CO, LEAVING LONDON

SHE LEFT PLYMOUTH  ( REPORTS OF IT BEING SOUTHAMPTON ) ON THE 8TH SEPTEMBER AND ARRIVED IN SYDNEY ON THE 15TH DECEMBER 1883 

SHE LEFT LONDON ON THE 9TH OCTOBER 1877  AND ARRIVED IN WELLINGTON ON THE 22ND JANUARY 1878. HER MASTER ON THIS VOYAGE WAS CAPTAIN BABOT.

SHE LEFT LONDON ON THE 26TH NOVEMBER 1878, ARRIVING IN PORT CHALMERS ON MARCH 4TH 1879, HER MASTER ON THIS VOYAGE BEING CAPTAIN WILLIAMSON.

ABOUT 1888 SHE WAS SOLD TO GERMAN OWNERS WITHOUT A NAME CHANGE. 

THERE ARE REPORTS THAT THERE WERE TWO VESSELS CALLED  RIALTO AROUND THIS TIME IN HISTORY, BUT I CANNOT CONFIRM IT

RIALTO