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SHOOTING STAR

SHOOTING STAR  WAS A VESSEL OF 1,160 TONS WITH A WOODEN HULL  BUILT AT QUEBEC.

SHE WAS CHARTERED BY THE WHITE STAR LINE, FROM CURRIE AND CO OF LIVERPOOL

 ON THE 11TH AUGUST 1859 SHE LEFT LIVERPOOL, BOUND FOR AUCKLAND, ARRIVING ON THE 30TH NOVEMBER. SHE BROUGHT OUT 173 PASSENGERS, ARRIVING IN AUCKLAND WITH CONSIDERABLE STORM DAMAGE.THE SHIPS MASTER ON THIS VOYAGE WAS CAPTAIN ALLEN.

SHOOTING STAR

SHOOTING STAR WAS A WOOD  VESSEL OF 422 / 461 TONS AND HAD BEEN BUILT IN SUNDERALND BY D SHORT & CO IN 1867 SHE WAS OWNED BY H ELLIS & CO AND HAD BEEN REGISTERED IN LONDON. SHE WAS COMMANDED BY CAPTAIN McKENZIE

SHE MADE  A VOYAGE FROM THE U.K TO AUCKLAND IN 1874, HAVING LEFT THE U.K ON 23RD DECEMBER, ARRIVING IN AUCKLAND ON 17TH MAY 1875.

THE SHIPS MASTER FOR THIS VOYAGE WAS CAPTAIN GILLIES. ( I AM FAIRLY POSITIVE THIS INFORMATION APPLIES TO THIS VESSEL )

ONE OF THESE VESSELS WAS ALSO CHARTERED BY SHAW SAVILLE & CO, BUT I AM NOT SURE WHICH ONE OR  THE DATE.

SHOOTING STAR 

SHOOTING STAR WAS A VESSEL OF 903 TONS BUILT IN BOSTON IN 1851 BY JAMES CURTIS OFF MEDFORD MA

SHE WAS OWNED BY REED & WADE OF BOSTON

IN 1862 SHE WAS SOLD TO A THAI MERCHANT IN BANGKOK

IN 1867 SHE WAS WRECKED OFF THE FORMOSA COAST

INO / SHOOTING STAR

A VESSEL CALLED 'INO' BUILT IN 1851 BY PERRINE PATTERSON & STACK AT WILLIAMSBURY NY. SHE WAS A VESSEL OF 895 TONS.

MARCH 19TH 1867 SHE WAS AUCTIONED AND BOUGHT BY G REED & CO OF BOSTON AND RENAMED 'SHOOTING STAR'

POSSIBLY REED & CO OWNED HER BEFORE SHE WAS WRECKED IN 1867 AND THIS IS THE SAME VESSEL AS THE TOP ONE ( WITH AN ERROR AS TO WHO BUILT HER ) OR IT WAS A DIFFERENT VESSEL OWNED BY THEM

1886 POSSIBLY UNDER THE FINISH FLAG AS THE 'ELLEN OF VASA' SEEN AT BARCELONA