WILLIAM DAVEY  

WILLIAM DAVIE WAS A COMPOSITE BARQUE OF 841 TONS BUILT IN 1886 SHE HAD BEEN BUILT BY STEPHEN & CO FOR THE ALBION LINE AND REGISTERED IN GLASGOW.

 HER NAME IS SOMETIMES SPELT AS WILLIAM DAVIE 

HER MASTER WAS CAPTAIN W McALLISTER AND LATER SHE WAS COMMANDED BY CAPTAIN WOOD

SHE WAS CAPABLE OF CARRYING ABOUT 150 PASSENGERS HER MAIN ROUTE BEING TO DUNEDIN

IN 1881 SHE WAS SOLD TO  RICHARDSON BROTHERS OF SWANSEA, SOUTH WALES.

SHE WAS ABANDONED ON FIRE 10 MILES SOUTH WEST OF ISLA DIEGO RAMIREZ ON 17TH OCTOBER 1889 

THE PICTURES SHOWS HER AT PORT CHALMBERS IN 1873

SHE WAS IN PORT CHALMBERS IN JUNE 1870 AND AGAIN IN MAY OF 1873