SS Invercargill

SS Invercargill

SS Invercargill

S.S. INVERCARGILL

1878 Passenger List
A three masted barque of 1265 tons her maiden voyage from Glasgow on the 16th Jully 1874 heralded the commencement of her service until sunk whilst under a foreign flag in 1905. She had remained on the New Zealand emmigrant routes until 1899 conveying passengers to ports such as Port Chalmers (14 voyages), Timaru (2), Lyttelton (2), Wellington (7), and Auckland (1).

One of six ships built in 1874 by the celebrated builder Robert Duncan to the order of Patrick Henderson, for the New Zealand trade, all six vessels were launched within six months. Each of about the same tonnage, length and depth, these ships were fitted with every modern convenience and comfort for first-class passengers and immigrants. They all sailed under the Albion Company's flag until the Albion and Shaw Savill Companies amalgamated, and were some of the fastest sailers about with most voyages completed within 82-93 days (12-13 weeks)

In June 1876 Capt Muir, one of the most capable men afloat was given command of the Invercargill, and ran the ship between England and New Zealand before handing command to Capt Bowling. In nearly twenty years Capt Muir never met with any serious accident.

As the Invercargill usually carried from 350 to 400 passengers, Capt Muir did not usually go as far south as some other skippers when running down his easting, as he preferred to study the comfort of his passengers, but he made many excellent runs, and on one occassion arrived at Port Chalmers in 79 days from the London docks, or 76 days land to land.

(Thanks to Murray Wilson for providing this extract.)

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			SS Invercargill
	S.S. INVERCARGILL 1878 Passenger List A three masted barque of 1265 tons her maiden voyage from Glasgow on the 16th Jully 1874 heralded the commencement of her service until sunk whilst under a foreign flag in 1905. She had remained on the New Zealand emmigrant routes until 1899 conveying passengers to ports such as Port Chalmers (14 voyages), Timaru (2), Lyttelton (2), Wellington (7), and Auckland (1). One of six ships built in 1874 by the celebrated builder Robert Duncan to the order of Patrick Henderson, for the New Zealand trade, all six vessels were launched within six months. Each of about the same tonnage, length and depth, these ships were fitted with every modern convenience and comfort for first-class passengers and immigrants. They all sailed under the Albion Company's flag until the Albion and Shaw Savill Companies amalgamated, and were some of the fastest sailers about with most voyages completed within 82-93 days (12-13 weeks) In June 1876 Capt Muir, one of the most capable men afloat was given command of the Invercargill, and ran the ship between England and New Zealand before handing command to Capt Bowling. In nearly twenty years Capt Muir never met with any serious accident. As the Invercargill usually carried from 350 to 400 passengers, Capt Muir did not usually go as far south as some other skippers when running down his easting, as he preferred to study the comfort of his passengers, but he made many excellent runs, and on one occassion arrived at Port Chalmers in 79 days from the London docks, or 76 days land to land. (Thanks to Murray Wilson for providing this extract.)