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TAWERA

TAWERA WAS A VESSEL OF 237 TONS BEING REGTISTERED IN LONDON.SHE MADE A VOYAGE FROM AUCKLAND TO SYDNEY ON 26TH JUNE 1861 WITH CAPTAIN A WALKER IN COMMAND.SHE CARRIED NINE PASSENGERS AND HAD A CREW OF ELEVEN INCLUDING THE CAPTAIN.EIGHT OF THE CREW WERE BRITISH, TWO WERE GERMAN WITH THE  CAPTAIN'S  NATIONALITY NOT YET  ESTABLISHED

A SCHOONER CALLED TAWERA ARRIVED IN SYDNEY ON 8TH SEPTEMBER 1864 FROM TAHITI AND SAMOA


A BRIG CALLED TAWERA ( POSSSIBLE FRENCH ) SAILED FROM TAHITI BOUND FOR SAN FRANSICO PUT IN FOR PROVISIONS 10TH SEPTEMBER 1884 AND SAILED THE SAME DAY

I CANNOT ASCERTAIN WHICH IF ANY OF THESE VESSELS WERE CHARTERED BY SHAW SAVILL