WINDSOR CASTLE

BUILT IN ABOUT 1840 SHE WAS A VESSEL OF 818/ 979 TONS BUILT IN QUEBEC BY G BLACK & CO. SHE WAS PURCHASED IN 1850 BY J PILKINGTON WHO USED HER ON THE LIVERPOOL VALPARAISO CALLAO ROUTE

SHE LEFT HAVRE ( LE ) BOUND FOR NEW YORK ARRIVING THERE 12TH JUNE 1845 

  PILKINGTON RETIRED AND SHE WAS SOLD IN 1857 TO CAPTAIN BRUCE ( I AM NOT SURE IF HE OWNED HER OR THAT HE WAS MASTER OF THE VESSEL NOW AND THAT THE VESSEL WAS NOW ACTUALLY OWNED BY THE WHITE STAR LINE )  

 

  

 

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  WINDSOR CASTLE 

WINDSOR CASTLE WAS A VESSEL OF 1,075 TONS AND HAD BEEN BUILT IN 1857 BY W PILE OF SUNDERLAND

SHE WAS OWNED BY R & H GREEN AND HAD BEEN REGISTERED IN LONDON

SHE UNDERWENT AN EXTENSIVE REFIT IN JULY 1882

SHE WAS SOMETIMES USED AS A TROOP SHIP TO FERRY TROOPS TO ZANIZBAR AND SYDNEY

ON 25TH JULY 1884 SHE FOUNDERED IN ALGOA BAY ( 1883 SOMETIMES BEING QUOTED AS THE YEAR OF HER DEMISE ) SHE HAD BEEN ON A VOYAGE FROM COCHIN TO LONDON THE THIRD OFFICER MR MORANT WAS SWEPT OVERBOARD AND LOST

SHE HAD BEEN OWNED BY MR ELIAS COX OF BRISPORT AT THE TIME OF HER LOSS. 

  SHE ARRIVED IN BRISBANE ON  21 ST JUNE 1876 HAVING LEFT LONDON ON 10TH MARCH 1876 ( POSSIBLY CAPTAIN N HARRISON WAS IN COMMAND FOR THIS VOYAGE )

I AM NOT SURE IF THE VESSEL WAS EVER CHARTERED BY THE WHITE STAR LINE, CERTAINLY SHE WAS NEVER OWNED BY THEM


CAUTION REQUIRED WHEN RESEARCHING ANY VOYAGES OR PASSENGER LISTS AS THESE TWO VESSELS ARE VERY FREQUENTLY CONFUSED DUE TO THEM OPERATING AT THE SAME TIME, BEING OF SIMILAR SIZE AND HAVE THE SAME NAME
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