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SCHIEHALLION

SCHIEHALLION WAS BUILT IN 1869 AND WAS A IRON BARQUE  OF 602 TONS SHE WAS BUILT BY BROWN'S OF DUNDEE AND WAS OWNED BY CRUILSHANK. SHE HAD BEEN REGISTERED IN LONDON.SHE WAS COMMANDED BY CAPTAIN J LEVACK

SHE WAS PURCHASED BY SHAW SAVILL IN 1874

SHE WAS ON VOYAGE FROM AUCKLAND BACK TO THE  U.K IN 1879  (1878? )  WHEN SHE RAN AGROUND ON ST CATHERINES POINT ( THE ISLE OF WIGHT )  IN BAD WEATHER.

 MR MOORE, THE VESSELS COOK, SWAM ASHORE WITH A LINE WHICH ENABLED THE CREW TO BE RESCUED, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE SECOND MATE AND A BOY, WHO WERE DROWNED.    

SHE HAD MADE VOYAGES TO AUCKLAND  IN 1870 AND 1878 WELLINGTON IN 1872,1873 AND 1877  LYTTELTON IN 1876 DUNEDIN IN 1875 AND NAPIER   IN 1874  

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