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ROBERTINA

ROBERTINA A VESSEL OF 213 TONS BUILT IN GREENOCK IN 1843  BY THOMPSON & SPIERS

SHE WAS OWNED BY ALEXANDER AIKEN OF GLASGOW

IN 1848 SHE WAS OWNED BY JAMES SPIERS OF GLASGOW

SHE WAS RE REGISTERED IN MELBOURNE ON 3RD AUGUST 1854 AND QUITE POSSIBLY SHE WAS OWNED BY ROBERT LOWRIE OF ADELAIDE AT THIS TIME

SHE SAILED FROM PORT ADELAIDE TO SYDNEY 12TH MAY 1857 WITH CAPTAIN WILLIAM H MANSON IN COMMAND

SHE WAS CHARTERED BY THE WHITE STAR LINE IN 1858 AND MADE A VOYAGE FROM PORT ELLIOT TO MELBOURNE

ON THE 27TH JULY SHE LEFT SYDNEY AND ARRIVED PORT ADELAIDE 12TH AUGUST 1859

SHE SEEMED TO BE ON THE AUSTRALIAN COAST BETWEEN 1857 - 1859

SHE STRUCK A REEF NEAR MURRAY WESTERN AUSTRALIA ON 2ND NOVEMBER 1859