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SOUTHERN EMPIRE

SOUTHERN EMPIRE WAS A VESSEL OF 1,142 TONS LAUNCHED IN MARCH OF 1863 BY BALDWIN & CO AND OWNED BY THE WHITE STAR LINE.

  SHE SAILED FOR AUSTRALIA IN 1863 AND WAS NEVER SEEN AGAIN

SOUTHERN EMPIRE

SOUTHERN EMPIRE  BUILT BY  JACOB A WESTERVELT AND WAS  A VESSEL OF 1,417 TONS. SHE HAD BEEN BUILT IN 1849 ? ?

SHE HAD BEEN PURCHASED BY BAINES & MACKAY IN 1862 WHO RENAMED HER SOUTHERN EMPIRE

IN 1864 SHE WAS USED ON THE LIVERPOOL MELBOURNE ROUTE ( BLACKBALL LINE ).

SHE WAS CHARTERED BY THE WHITE STAR LINE IN 1863 AND MADE A VOYAGE FROM LIVERPOOL TO MELBOURNE

SHE DID A VOYAGE FROM LIVERPOOL TO MELBOURNE IN 1866

SHE WAS IN BRISBANE IN 1867


SHE WAS SOLD IN 1871

 JACOB A WESTERVELT

SHE OPERATED AS A PASSENGER SHIP BETWEEN 1850 AND 1856.

SHE ARRIVED IN NEW YORK ON SUNDAY 18TH OCTOBER 1857

  JACOB A WESTERVELT  LEFT LIVERPOOL BOUND FOR NEW YORK ON 26TH MARCH 1858 . 

SEVERAL SOURCES  SOURCES CLAIM  THIS WAS THE ORIGINAL NAME OF THE SOUTHERN EMPIRE

THERE IS AN ENGRAVING OF A VESSEL CALLED  JACOB A WESTERVELT WHICH CAUGHT ON FIRE IN NEW YORK HARBOUR ON 11TH APRIL 1860

SOUTHERN EMPIRE

SOUTHERN EMPIRE WHILE UNDER THE COMMAND OF CAPTAIN S DUNLOP LEFT NEW ORLEANS FOR LIVERPOOL ON THE 11TH NOVEMBER AND FOUNDERED ON 21ST DECEDMBER

SOUTHERN EMPIRE WAS SEEN ON 21ST DECEMBER 1868 ? BY THE AURORA AUSTRALIA IN LAT 44 NORTH 26 WEST CAPTAIN DUNLOP WAS ASKED IF HE WISHED TO ABANDONED THE SHIP. HE REPLIED YES BUT THE SHIP WAS NOT LEAKY BUT HE WOULD ABANDON THE SHIP THE NEXT DAY AND ASKED FOR THE AURORA AUSTRALIA TO STANDBY DURING THE NIGHT.MOST OF THE CREW WERE TAKEN OF AND SAVED ( SOME REPORTS SAY ALL THE CREW WERE LOST WHICH IS NOT CORRECT )



NOVEMBER 1867 SHE WAS WAS IN BRISBANE ? THIS LOOKS LIKE A VOYAGE THE SOUTHERN EMPIRE FROM ABOVE

THESE  SHIPS VOYAGES AND FATES  ARE GETTING  CONFUSED WITH THE WRONG VESSEL A LOT MORE RESEARCH IS NEEDED TO ACCURATELY SEPERATE WHICH SHIP DID WHICH VOYAGE