TASMANIA

PHOTO FROM AROUND 1890 OF A FOUR MASTED BARQUE CALLED TASMANIA - NOT WHITE STAR LINE CHARTERED

TASMANIA

TASMANIA AN IRON VESSEL OF 2,089 TONS. SHE WAS BUILT BY W H POTTER & SONS IN 1886 AND WAS OWNED BY THE WAYFARER SHIP CO ( WHICH WAS POTTER & SONS ) SHE WAS SOLD TO A NORWEGIAN COMPAN WITH NO CHANGE OF NAME.DISAPPERAED FROM THE REGISTRY BY THE END OF WORLD WAR 1 - NOT WHITE STAR LINE CHARTERED

TASMANIA

TASMANIA WAS A VESSEL OF 4,488 TONS. SHE WAS LAUNCHED ON THE 17TH MAY 1884 BY CAIRD & CO OF GREENOCK FOR P& O . ON 17TH APRIL 1887 SHE WRECKED ON MONACHI ROCK ( CORSICA ) IN HEAVY SEAS, SHE BROKE IN TWO, THIRTYFOUR PEOPLE WERE TO LOSE THEIR LIVES. NOT THE ABOVE VESSEL  - NOT WHITE STAR LINE CHARTERED

TASMANIA

TASMANIA WAS A VESSEL OF 540 TONS. WITH CAPTAIN NORRIS IN COMMAND SHE ARRIVED IN WELLINGTON ON 30TH MARCH 1853

TASMANIA  A VESSEL OF 600 TONS WITH CAPTAIN McWILLIAM  IN COMMAND ARRIVED IN NEW PLYMOUTH FROM LONDON VIA WELLINGTON  ON 19TH APRIL 1853  

TASMANIA A VESSEL OF 502 TONS ARRIVED IN PORT CHALMERSON 26TH FEBRUARY 1853 FROM LONDON VIA PLYMOUTH TO PICK MORE PASSENGERS UP. HAVING DEPARTED LONDON  ON 3RD NOVEMBER 1852.CAPTAIN MacMILLAN BEING IN COMMAND.

SHE LEFT PORT CHALMERS FOR LYTTLETON  ARRIVING ON THE 15TH MARCH 1853 THEN SAILED FOR WELLINGTON AND SYDNEY .

 SHE LEFT SYDNEY ON 16TH JUNE FOR SINGAPORE BUT RAN AGROUND ON A REEF IN THE TORRES STRAITS ON THE 2ND JUNE AND WAS WRECKED.NO LOST OF LIFE INCURRED.

* A LOT OF DISCREPANCIES HERE, IT COULD BE THE SAME SHIP, EVEN THOU THE TONNAGES AND CAPTAINS NAMES DIFFER, THE DATES MIGHT JUST ABOUT TIE IN. ..McWILLIAM INSTEAD OF MacMILLAN *

TASMANIA

TASMANIA WAS A VESSEL OF 1,187 TONS BUILT IN 1858 BY STORM & KING IN ST.JOHN.SHE WAS CHARTERED FROM AIKAMN & CO OF GLASGOW AND MADE A VOYAGE FOR THE WHITE STAR LINE TO AUSTRALIA WITH CAPTAIN RUDOLPH BEING IN COMMAND ( THE DATE WOULD HELP HERE )

TASMANIA SAILED FOR AUSTRALIA ON A WHITE STAR LINE CHARTER IN SEPTEMBER 1858 .CAPTAIN J NOURSE BEING IN COMMAND.

IN 1863 SHE WAS PURCHASED BY MILVAIN OF NEWCASTLE . SHE WAS TO BE WRECKED IN 1882

*AGAIN DISCREPANCIES WITH REGARD TO THE CAPTAINS NAMES *

THERE WAS A LOT OF VESSELS CALLED TASMANIA, MAKING IT DIFFICULT TO RESEARCH