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STORM CLOUD
STORM CLOUD WAS BUILT IN 1854 BY ALEXANDER
STEPHEN & SONS AT KELVINHAUGH AND WAS A VESSEL OF 798 TONS. SHE WAS OWNED BY THE
BUILDERS ( REPORT THAT IT WAS CAMPBELL OF GLASGOW WHO OWNED HER )
SHE LEFT GLASGOW ON 6TH SEPTEMBER 1854 AND ARRIVED IN MELBOURNE ON 3RD DECEMBER
1854
IN 1860 SHE WAS CHARTERED BY PATRICK HENDERSON ( LATER TO BE PART OF SHAW SAVILL
& ALBION ) TO CARRY IMMIGRANTS TO NEW ZELAND
SHE WAS CHARTERED AGAIN BY HENDERSON & CO IN 1861 & 1862 SHE CARRIED IMIGRANTS
FROM SCOTLAND TO OTAGO AND SOUTHLAND
IN JULY 1862 SHE WAS SOLD TO CAPTAIN A ADAMS ( STEPHEN'S STILL HAD A SHARE IN
HER )
IN 1863 SHE WAS RAN AGROUND AND WAS WRECKED OFF PORT AKYAB ON THE 6TH AUGUST.
SHE WAS ON A VOYAGE FROM GLASGOW TO BLUFF CARRYING A HUNDRED IMMIGRANTS
HER AGENTS WERE WEBB & CO