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TIPTREE

TIPTREE WAS A VESSEL OF 1,650 TONS.SHE HAD BEEN BUILT IN 1855 FOR PILKINGTON & WILSON.

UNDER THE COMMAND OF CAPTAIN PENREATH SHE SAILED FOR AUSTRALIA IN 1855

SHE LEFT ENGLAND ON 20TH OCTOBER 1856 BOUND FOR MELBOURNE POSSIBLY THIS WAS ON A WHITE STAR LINE  CHARTER AS THE WHITE STAR LINE DID CHARTER HER IN 1856 AND THERE WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN TIME FOR HER TO MAKE TWO VOYAGES TO MELBOURNE THAT YEAR


SHE SAILED FROM LONDON ON 20TH OCTOBER 1863 AND ARRIVED IN LYTTELTON ON JANUARY 20TH 1864 WITH CAPTAIN DAVIS IN COMMAND.SHE CARRIED 344 IMMIGRANTS AND 30 SALOON PASSENGERS

SHE WAS SOLD TO REDFERM ALEXANDER & CO IN IN 1860.

BY 1877 SHE WAS CONDEMNED AS UNFIT FOR SERVICE

HER SISTER SHIPS WERE QUEEN OF THE CLYDE, QUEEN OF THE NORTH AND MERMAID