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WALTER HOOD

A VESSEL OF 937 TONS. VERY SIMILAR  IN APPEARANCE TO THE JOHN BUNYAN, CENTURION, WOOLLOOMOOLOO, MAID OF JUDAH, OMAR PASHA AND WAVE OF LIFE.

ALL HAD BEEN BUILT  WITHIN 5-6 YEARS OF EACH OTHER, AND VARIED IN TONNAGE FROM ABOUT 500 TO 900 TONS.

SHE HAD BEEN BUILT BY WALTER HOOD IN ABERDEEN IN 1852.

SHE UNDER WENT SOME MAJOR REPAIRS IN 1858, BUT ITS UNCLEAR AS TO THE REASON WHY.

 IN 1870 ON A VOYAGE FROM LONDON TO AUSTRALIA ( PRESUMABLY ) SHE WAS WRECKED  IN WRECK BAY, NEAR JERVIS BAY NEW SOUTH WALES.THE SHIPS MASTER AND TWELVE OF THE CREW PERISHED." FAST COMPANY" BY MAYER STATES THAT THE CREW & PASSENGERS AT THE TIME NUMBERED 35, AND THAT ELEVEN DIED AT THE WRECK SITE,ONE MORE DYING OF INJURIES AT A LATER DATE.