WENNINGTON

WENNINGTON WAS A IRON  VESSEL OF 882 TONS, SHE HAD BEEN BUILT IN 1865 FOR THE LANCASHIRE SHIP OWNERS COMPANY, BY THE LUNE IRON SHIP COMPANY OF LANCASTER. SHE WAS NINE YEARS OLD BEFORE SHE DID HER FIRST VOYAGE TO NEW ZEALAND ( THOU I HAVE SEEN REFERENCES TO HER HAVING MADE VOYAGES TO NEW ZEALAND AND AUSTRALIA , SHORTLY AFTER LAUNCH AND IN 1866 UNDER THE COMMAND OF CAPTAIN WILLIAMS ) SAILING FOR WELLINGTON  ON 21 ST JANUARY 1874 AND ARRIVING ON THE 25TH MAY, HER MASTER ON THIS VOYAGE WAS CAPTAIN McAVOY.THE FOLLOWING YEAR  IN 1875, SHE SAILED FROM GRAVESEND ON 27TH JANUARY, BOUND FOR OTAGO, ARRIVING IN PORT CHALMERS ON THE 18TH MAY. IN 1877 SHE SAILED FOR WELLINGTON, THE MASTER ON THIS VOYAGE BEING CAPTAIN SHERWOOD. APART FROM THE UK TO NEW ZEALAND TRADE, SHE ALSO HAD SEEN   SERVICE ON THE LIVERPOOL TO SAN FRANCISCO RUN. IN LATER LIFE SHE WAS TRANSFERRED TO THE BURMA TRADE, PARTICULARLY VOYAGES TO RANGOON. SHE WAS LAST SIGHTED IN THE BALI STRAITS ON 30TH JANUARY 1878, AND WAS NEVER SEEN AGAIN, SHE HAD BEEN ON A VOYAGE FROM  SEMARANG TO CORK/FALMOUTH. SHE WAS CARRYING A CREW OF NINETEEN