WILD DEER

WILD DEER WAS  BUILT IN 1863 IN GLASGOW BY CHARLES CONNELL FOR WILLIAM WALKER  OF LONDON

 SHE WAS JUST OVER 1000 TONS AND OF COMPOSITE HULL.

SHE WAS SOLD TO THE ALBION LINE IN 1864.

SHE WAS WRECKED IN 1883 OF IRELAND SHE  LEFT THE CLYDE BOUND FOR PORT CHALMERS BEING ON A NEW ZEALAND LINE CHARTER WITH CAPTAIN KERR COMMANDING

 SHE WENT AGROUND ON REEFS AND TOOK ON A LIST. SHE HAD 300 IMMIGRANTS ONBOARD PLUS A CREW OF FORTY, AND A FEW OTHER PASSENGERS, DISTRESS ROCKETS WERE FIRED AND THE COAST GUARD WAS ALERTED WHO SENT BOATS OUIT TO TAKE THE PASSENGERS OF THE VESSEL

THE PASSENGERS  WERE LANDED AT THE FISHING VILLAGE OF CLOUGHY. THE PASSENGERS WERE THEN TAKEN BY TRAIN TO BELFAST AND THEN BY BOAT BACK TO GLASGOW.

THERE THE IMMIGRANTS STAYED, UNTIL THE VESSEL CAROLINE WAS READY TO SAIL

 THE IMMIGRANTS WERE THEN EMBARKED ON BOARD CAROLINE

 THE MASTER OF THE CAROLINE FOR THIS VOYAGE BEING CAPTAIN HARDY.

AN ATTEMPT WAS MADE TO SALVAGE SOME OF THE WILD DEER'S  CARGO BUT SHE BROKE UP BEFORE THIS COULD BE ACCOMPLISHED.



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