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SIR WILLIAM EYRE

SIR WILLIAM EYRE WAS A VESSEL OF 1,516 TONS

SHE WAS CHARTERED BY H T WILSON & CHAMBERS ( WILSON & BAINES ) IN 1857

 SHE LEFT LIVERPOOL ON 20TH APRIL 1857 BOUND FOR MELBOURNE


SHE LEFT GREENOCK ON THE CLYDE 17TH DECEMBER 1862 ARRIVING IN PORT CHALMBERS VIA BLUFF ON 4TH ( 14TH ? ) JULY 1863. CAPTAIN BLAKEY BEING IN COMMAND

SHE HAD POSSIBLY BEEN CHARTERED FROM POTTER,WILSON & CO

SHE CARRIED 135 PASSENGERS

TWENTY TWO PEOPLE DIED ON THE VOYAGE