WILD DUCK

WILD DUCK WAS AWOOD SHIP BUILT IN 1859  IN SUNDERLAND FOR SEYMOUR, PEACOCK & CO.SHE WAS A VESSEL OF  735 TONNES. SHE WAS COMMANDED BY CAPTAIN T BISHOP AND HAD BEEN REGISTERED IN LONDON.SHE WAS USED ON THE LONDON/AUSTRALIA NEW ZEALAND ROUTES

IN 1867 SHE WAS PURCHASED BY SHAW SAVILL & CO ( HAVING BEEN ON CHARTER TO THEM SINCE SHE WAS BUILT, DURING THE PERIOD THAT SHE WAS CHARTERED SHE RAN EXCLUSIVELY TO WELLINGTON, INTERLEAVED WITH ONE VOYAGE TO AUCKLAND AND ONE TO NELSON, FOLLOWED BY A VOYAGE TO TIMARU )

 SHE MADE THIRTEEN VOYAGES OUT TO NEW ZEALAND FROM THE U.K. FOR MOST OF THESE VOYAGES SHE WAS UNDER THE COMMAND OF CAPTAIN BISHOP, ALTHOUGH IN 1873 DURING A VOYAGE FROM LONDON TO WELLINGTON ,SHE WAS UNDER THE COMMAND OF CAPT BAILLIE.

IN 1874 SHE WAS SOLD.