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The Sebastopol was a fine clipper ship that made two voyages from
London, England to Lyttelton, New Zealand loaded with immigrants
for the Provincial Government. From Chinese passengers staging a
mutiny, to the suicide of a ship's surgeon, the Sebastopol has an
interesting past. Extensive research has uncovered the ship's final
demise after leaving New Zealand in 1863, which ended its short
career. This is the first time the full story of the Sebastopol has
been told, with the most accurate passenger lists available for the
Sebastopol journeys."
On 7 December 1863, two ships arrived at the Lyttelton Heads with
very different stories of their journey from England. The Bahia
quickly sailed into port, while the Brother's Pride was ordered to
raise the yellow flag and go into quarantine. One ship had healthy
passengers while the other had endured 46 deaths due to illness,
setting an unenviable record at the port of Lyttelton. Using
historic archives, passenger lists, passenger biographies and the
official enquiry into the Brother's Pride tragedy, this book is a
great read for those with ancestors on the ship and those
interested in early New Zealand history.
The Gananoque was a fine immigration ship that brought hundreds of
passengers to New Zealand in the 1860s. From onboard flirtations
and rat and maggot pea soup, to the devastation of a lost crew
member, this is a fascinating account of the ship's voyages. This
insightful book covers all four journeys with a never before seen
partial passenger list for the journey to Port Chalmers in 1863. It
also includes biographies of Gananoque passengers and quotes from
Alfred William Craymer's diary, a wonderfully funny and
entertaining ship's diary.
The clipper ship Lancashire Witch was a very large, fine vessel
which ferried four loads of immigrants to New Zealand. The "Witch"
made two journeys to the Port of Lyttelton and two to the North
Island, leaving many amazing stories in its wake. Waves like
mountains, frightening snow and hail, and 28 tragic deaths. "Truly
this is an ill-fated ship," wrote diarist David Carr. Using ship
diaries and official documentation, the fascinating story of the
Lancashire Witch has been retold. It includes passenger biographies
and the fate of the ship's own "Lancashire Witch," possibly the
most hopeless female immigrant to ever land in New Zealand.
"My God, we are lost " cried the Captain. The Glentanner survived a
horrific ordeal to go on to deliver two loads of immigrants to
Lyttelton, New Zealand as well as taking wool back to the United
Kingdom. Using official records, as well as the dramatic account of
one of the passengers, this book tells the amazing survival story
of the clipper ship Glentanner. It includes passenger lists and
passenger biographies for the two Lyttelton journeys, with a brief
account of the ship's journeys to Australia in the 1840s and 1850s.
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