Tory
Ship: 382 tons
Captain: Edward Mein Chaffers
Surgeon: Dr George F. Robinson
Sailed Plymouth 12 May 1839 - arrived Port Nicholson 20th Sept 1839
A fast, well built craft of 382 tons,
she was armed with eight guns and small arms for the ship's company, and filled with ample
stores and provisions, and goods for barter with the Maoris. She was manned with a picked
crew, and in the forecastle there were, oddly enough, a Maori and a native of the
Marquesas Islands. Captain E M Chaffers, R N, a skilful navigator, was in command, and the
total number of people on board was thirty-five.
White Wings - Sir Henry Brett
This list is a compilation of information from
several different sources including "White Wings", "Early New
Zealand", "Early Wellington" and "Adventure in New Zealand". We
are confident that it is accurate.
Name | Age | Position Held | Comments | |
Passengers | ||||
Wakefield | Colonel William H. | 36 | Principal Agent | |
Dorset | Dr John | 32 | Colonial Surgeon | |
Wakefield | Edward Jerningham | 18 | ||
Heaphy | Charles | 17 | Draughtsman | |
Dieffenbach | Dr Ernst | 28 | Naturalist | Native of Berlin, Germany. |
Nayati (Ngatai) | New Zealand Maori | Interpreter | Lived in England with Edward Gibbon Wakefield and family for two years. | |
Hawkins | George | 21 | Believed to have travelled out to New Zealand on this ship. He then went back to England and came out to New Zealand again with his wife on board the ship Harrington in 1841. | |
Crew | ||||
Chaffers | Captain Edward Mein | Ships Master | Royal Navy. | |
Robinson | Dr George F | Ships Surgeon | ||
Lowry | Richard | First Mate | Lowry Bay was named after him. | |
Tankersley | Thomas William | Second Mate | ||
? | ? | ? | Third Mate | Listed but not named. |
Doddery | Robert | Storekeeper | Had visited the coast of New Zealand before from Tasmania. Also assisted as Company Interpreter. | |
Elgar | William Spratt | Bosun | ||
Steward | Listed but not named. | |||
Cabin Boy | Listed but not named. | |||
Plus nineteen other crew (Petty Officers and Foremast Crew) and the servant of Colonel William H. Wakefield. | ||||
Passengers brought over from Queen Charlotte Sound | ||||
Heberley | James | Pilot | ||
Blackman | William | |||
Brooks | John | Assisted as an interpreter. | ||
Dodery | George | |||
Barrett | Richard (Dickie) | |||
Rangi | ||||
Child | ||||
Child | ||||
Child | ||||
Child | ||||
Smith | Henry G. | Employed to oversee the Companies Wellington interests in Wakefields absence. | ||
Plus an assortment of Cook Strait Maori and their families. | ||||
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