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WATER NYMPH

WATER NYMPH A CLIPPER SHIP CHARTERED BY SHAW SAVILLE & CO.

IN JANUARY 1868 SHE WAS IN BALLAST BOUND FOR OAMARU WHEN SHE GOT INTO DIFFICULTIES DURING A STORM ( THE GREAT STORM OF 1868, WHICH WRECKED 12 VESSELS )  ON 3RD FEBRUARY AND SANK LATER TO BE WASHED ASHORE.

THE WRECK OF THE VESSEL BEING SOLD FOR 172 POUNDS , SHE HAD BEEN CARRYING 244 BALES OF WOOL WHICH WERE SOLD FOR 810 POUNDS .

 THE STAR OF TASMANIA WAS AMONGST THE VESSELS WRECKED TWO CHILDREN AND  TWO OR THREE CREW MEMBERS WERE DROWNED.

WATER NYMPH BUILT BY JOSEPH THUILLIER IN 1885 53 TONS OWNED BY JOHN THUILLIER KINSALE  - FOR REFERENCE ONLY