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PRINCE OF WALES

SHE WAS BUILT IN 1861 AT NEW BRUNSWICK, FOR THE ATLANTIC TIMBER TRADE AND WAS A VESSEL OF 924 TONS. SHE DID A VOYAGE FROM LONDON TO LYTTLETON AND PORT CHALMERS IN 1863 UNDER THE COMMAND OF CAPTAIN McWILLIAM, TAKING 118 DAYS

DO NOT CONFUSE THIS VESSEL WITH THE ABERDEEN LINE PRINCE OF WALES BUILT IN SOUTHAMPTON IN 1850 ( THE VESSEL OUTFITTED TO GO IN SEARCH OF THE DOOMED FRANKLIN EXPEDITION )

THERE WAS ALSO ANOTHER PRINCE OF WALES BUILT IN 1842 BY WALTER HOOD & CO, FOR THE ABERDEEN LINE, SHE WAS A VESSEL OF 516 TONS. HER MAIDEN VOYAGE WAS TO NEW ZEALAND WITH IMMIGRANTS, RETURN JOURNEY WAS VIA SOUTH AMERICA, PICKING UP A CARGO OF NITRATE ( GUANO ) BETWEEN 1847 AND 1853 SHE DID REGULAR TRIPS DOWN TO SYDNEY, PRESUMABLY FROM THE U.K. SHE WAS FOUND CAPSIZED IN 1853, SHE HAD BEEN ON A VOYAGE FROM MELBOURNE TO  SYDNEY.  ( SEE UNDER 'EARLY ABERDEEN LINE SHIPS' FOR A PICTURE )