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TINTERN ABBEY

TINTERN ABBEY WAS A VESSEL OF 1,346 TONS SHE WAS CHARTERED TO SHAW SAVILL & CO.

  IN 1875 SHE  LEFT LONDON ON 7TH JANUARY ARRIVING AT CANTERBURY 116 DAYS LATER ON 3RD MAY 1875 SHE HAD ENCOUNTERED A SEVERE STORM IN THE BAY OF BISCAY, HAVING  HER STARBOARD LIFEBOAT WASHED AWAY.

HER MASTER AT THIS STAGE WAS CAPTAIN P STEVENS. SHE CARRIED 309 PASSENGERS ( ON ASSISTED PASSAGES ) EIGHTEEN PEOPLE DIED ON THE JOURNEY OUT, MAINLY YOUNG CHILDREN. SHE ALSO BOUGHT OUT ENGLISH GARDEN BIRDS I.E GOLD FINCHES, STARLINGS, BLACKBIRDS, PARTRIDGES ETC,  EIGHTY PERCENT OF THEM SURVIVING THE JOURNEY.

THERE IS AN INTERESTIG ARTICLE HERE WHICH DOES NOT REFLECT SO WELL ON SHAW SAVILL'S ATTITUDE TO WARDS ITS PASSNGERS ( PAYING AS OPPOSED TO GOVERNMENT IMMIGRANTS )