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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

 

 

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