STAR OF THE EAST

THE STAR OF THE EAST WAS A IRON BARQUE OF 734 TONS.REGISTERED IN LONDON. SHE IS  SHOWN HERE IN THE PHOTOGRAPH AT PORT CHALMERS ABOUT 1865. I DO NOT KNOW IF SHE WAS EVER CHARTERED BY SHAW SAVILL & CO, BUT PROBABALY NOT CHARTERED BY THE WHITE STAR LINE.

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STAR OF THE EAST

STAR OF THE EAST WAS A VESSEL OF 1,219 TONS .SHE WAS BUILT IN 1853 BY W & R WRIGHT IN ST.JOHN. HER FIRST OWNERS WERE JAMES BEAZLEY. SHE WAS CHARTERED FROM BEAZLEY  BY THE WHITE STAR LINE IN 1856 FOR A VOYAGE TO AUSTRALIA IN 1856 .CAPTAIN CHRISTIAN BEING IN COMMAND. SHE WAS CHARTERED FROM THEM AGAIN IN 1859 AND IN 1860 SHE DID ANOTHER VOYAGE TO AUSTRALIA AND AGAIN IN 1861. ( POSSIBLY SHE WAS ON A LONG TERM CHARTER ) SHE WAS WRECKED AT STORRING BAY IN S.AFRICA