ZEALANDIA / KALEVA

BUILT IN 1869 FOR SHAW SAVILLE & CO, BY C.CONNELL OF GLASGOW.SHE WAS IN COLLISION WITH THE ELLEN LAMB IN   MID ATLANTIC 1877 AND SUNK HER, THE ELLEN LAMB SANK WITHIN THREE MINUTES.THE COLLISION HAPPENED AT MIDNIGHT, IN CALM WEATHER, THE TWO VESSELS HAD SIGHTED EACH OTHER DURING THE DAY, BUT COULD NOT HAVE GIVEN EACH OTHER ENOUGH SEA ROOM TO AVOID A COLLISION, IT WAS COMMON PRACTICE, DURING GOOD WEATHER ,TO SHOW NO NAVIGATIONAL LIGHTS AT NIGHT. IN 1933 SHE WAS SOLD TO A SWEDISH COMPANY WHO RE-NAMED HER 'KALEVA' . SHE RAN AGROUND OF THE NORTHUMBRIA COAST IN 1911, BUT CAME OFF AGAIN OK. LAST RECORD SHOWS HER BEING USED AS A BARGE IN 1919 AT ST.JOHNS .