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VICKSBURG / NEHALENNIA

VICKSBURG WAS BUILT IN 1863 IN THE USA  FOR W THOMPSON & CO OF LEITH SHE WAS A VESSELOF 1,344 TONS

SHE WAS  REGISTERED IN GLASGOW.SHE WAS COMMANDED BY CAPTAIN BOYD AT SOME STAGE

SHE WAS CHARTERED BY PATRICK HENDERSON'S ALBION LINE ( LATER OWNED BY HENDERSON & CO ? )

SHE ONLY DID TWO VOYAGES TO NEW ZEALAND AND THE ONLY PORT SHE EVER VISITED WAS PORT CHALMERS. 

 THE FIRST VOYAGE WAS IN 1864 AND THE SECOND IN 1867.

IN 1869 SHE WAS SOLD TO F.GROEN OF AMSTERDAM AND WAS RE-NAMED 'NEHALENNIA'

 

 

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