SHEPHERDESS

SHEPHERDESS WAS A WOODEN BARQUE  OF 331 TONS BUILT BY A DUTHIE & CO AND LAUNCHED IN MAY 1850.

SHE WAS BUILT FOR THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE TRADE

 HER FIRST MASTER WAS CAPTAIN A SCORGIE

ON A VOYAGE FROM ABERDEEN TO ALGOA BAY CARRYING GENERAL CARGO SHE RAN AGROUND ON THUNDERBOLT REEF OFF CAPE RECIFE

SHE HAD NO WHITE STAR CONNECTIONS AS FAR AS I AM AWARE - FOR REFERENCE ONLY AS SHE WAS IN SERVICE ABOUT THE SAME TIME AS THE WHITE STAR CHARTERED SHEPHERDESS

BUT IT DOES LOOK AS SHE IS FLYING THE WHITE STAR HOUSE FLAG ( UNLESS THE IMAGE IS REALLY OF THE SHEPHERDESS DATING FROM 1855/1860 )

SHEPHERDESS

SHEPHERDESS  WAS A WOODEN SHIP OF 1,226 TONS. SHE HAD BEEN BUILT FOR PILKINGTON & WILSON AT ST JOHN IN 1855 AT SACKVILLE

SHE WAS CHARTERED BY THE WHITE STAR LINE FROM AIKMAN & CO OF GLASGOW. IN SEPTEMBER OF 1858 SHE SAILED FOR AUSTRALIA CAPTAIN  JOHN RODGERS WAS IN COMMAND ( HE ALSO HAD SHARES IN THE VESSEL )

SHEPHERDESS FOUNDERED ON 15TH SEPTEMBER  1860

  THERE WAS A NEW ZEALAND SCHOONER FROM ABOUT 1870 ALSO BEARING THE NAME SHEPHERDRESS