WELLINGTON

WELLINGTON WAS BUILT IN 1874 AND WAS A VESSEL OF 1,309 TONS.SHE HAD BEEN   BUILT FOR THE ALBION LINE.

ON A VOYAGE FROM PICTON TO LONDON IN 1893 AT  A CONSIDERABLE DISTANCE SOUTH OF THE FALKLAND ISLANDS SHE HIT AN ICEBERG IN EARLY MORNING DARKNESS

 TWO OF THE CREW BEING KILLED. THE VESSELS MASTER MANAGED TO SAIL HIS BADLY DAMAGED SHIP TO RIO JANEIRO, WHERE SHE WAS REPAIRED AND CONTINUED ON HER VOYAGE TO LONDON WITHOUT FURTHER MISHAP. HER CARGO OF FROZEN MEAT WAS DELIVERED IN GOOD CONDITION.

 IN 1904 SHE WAS SOLD TO A NORWEGIAN COMPANY.

WELLINGTON'S BOW AFTER THE COLLISION WITH THE ICEBERG