TORNADO

TORNADO  WAS A WOOD VESSEL OF 1,721  TONS ( 1,226 TONS )  BUILT IN 1852 BY J WILLIAMS AT WILLIAMSBURGH, NY.

SHE DID A VOYAGE FROM BERMUDA TO NEW YORK IN SEPTEMBER  1854 UNDER THE COMMAND OF CAPTAIN McCARTY

SHE LEFT GLASGOW ON 19TH JANUARY 1855, PUTTING INTO GREENOCK AND LEFT FOR AUSTRALIA AGAIN ON 14TH APRIL 1855 ARRIVING AT HER DESTINATION OF PORT PHILLIP /  MELBOURNE ON 15TH JULY 1855. SHE WAS UNDER THE COMMAND OF CAPTAIN CRIGHTON

TORNADO ( REPORTED AS BEING A VESSEL  OF 1,100 TONS )   LEFT LIVERPOOL ON 10TH JUNE  1859 AND ARRIVED IN AUCKLAND ON 24TH SEPTEMBER 1859 ( I BELIEVE THAT SHE ALSO CALLED AT WELLINGTON ) SHE CARRIED 210 IMMIGRANTS  WITH 35 SALOON AND 40 SECOND CLASS PASSENGERS.CAPTAIN AITKEN BEING IN COMMAND. SHE WAS ON A WHITE STAR LINE CHARTER

THERE ARE REPORTS THAT IT WAS CAPTAIN CRIGHTON WHO COMMANDED ON THIS VOYAGE

HER AGENTS WERE MONTEFIORE GRAHAM & CO

SHE WAS PURCHASED BY THE WHITE STAR LINE IN 1863 ( THERE EXISTS THE POSSIBILITY THAT THIS ACTUALLY HAPPENED IN 1859 )

IN 1867 DUE TO SEVERE FINANCIALPROBLEMS WITHIN THE WHITE STAR LINE SHE WAS SOLD TO HUTCHINSON & PARTNERS.

SHE CAUGHT FIRE IN NEW ORLEANS IN 1875 ( REPORTS OF HER BEING USED AS A HULK UP UNTIL 1880 )

I HAVE HAD SEVERAL REQUESTS FOR PICTURES OF THE TORNADO - BUT THERE SEEMS TO BE NO DECENT ONE AVAILABLE - THE BELOW IMAGES ARE FOR REFERENCE ONLY AND PERHAPS HELP STOP MIS IDENTIFICATION OF THE TORNADO OF 1852 - NEITHER HAD ANY WSL CONNECTION

TORNADO

THIS IS A PICTURE OF A BRITISH VESSEL BEARING THE NAME TORNADO

TORNADO

TORNADO A SPAINISH CORVETTE OF THE SAME ERA