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SAM CEARNS

SAM CEARNS WAS A THREE MASTED FULL RIGGED SHIP WITH AN IRON HULL AND WAS 1,402 TONS SHE HAD BEEN BUILT IN 1864 AND LAUNCHED ON THE 22ND JUNE 1864  HER BUILDERS WERE  SCOTT & CO WHO BUILT HER AT CARTSDYKE, GEENOCK. HER OWNERS WERE HT WILSON & CHAMBERS, WHITE STAR LINE. FROM 1865 TO 1871 SHE WAS OWNED BY LANCASTER SHIP OWNERS.

 SHE LEFT LIVERPOOL ON HER MAIDEN VOYAGE TO MELBOURNE CARRYING 367 PASSENGERS AND 45 CREW MEMBERS ARRIVING ON 17TH OCTOBER 1864. THE FOLLOWING MONTH ON 17TH NOVEMBER SHE LEFT MELBOURNE FOR CALCUTTA.ON ARRIVAL THERE SHE TOOK ON A CARGO OF JUTE AND COTTON AND LEFT FOR LIVERPOOL ARRIVING ON THE 13TH JULY 1865.SHE MADE A SECOND VOYAGE TO MELBOURNE FOR THE WIITE STAR LINE AND ARRIVED THERE ON 25TH DECEMBER 1865.

 SHE WAS WRECKED NEAR TIERRA DEL FUEGO ON THE 26TH JUNE 1871. THE CREW GOT ASHORE AND SURVIVED IN A MAKESHIFT SHELTER FOR 2 WEEKS UNTIL FINALLY RESCUED BY THE VESSEL PORT STANLEY.CAPTAIN WILLIAMS HAD BEEN IN COMMAND, BUT NO BLAME WAS ATTACHED TO HIM FOR THE WRECKING OF HIS SHIP.