Blue Jacket
Ship: 1790 tons
Captain: Stevens
Surgeon Superintendent:
Sailed London 5th August 1865 - arrived Lyttelton 13th November 1865
Captain Stevens reported on the voyage
out to Lyttelton in 1865, the Blue Jacket left Gravesend on August 5, and anchored in the
Downs during boisterous weather until the 6th, taking her final departure from Ushant on
the 13th. A week after sailing a serious mutiny broke out (the cargo having been broached
previously), which was promptly repressed, and the ring-leader secured, not before the
second mate had received a fearful gash on his head, 4� inches long with a sheath knife,
nearly bleeding to death before the arteries could be tied and the wound sewn up. The
first officer also received a severe blow on the face from an iron belaying pin by the
ruffian who had tried to kill the second mate. The Snares were passed on November 8th,
when light winds were experienced until arrival in port. The Blue Jacket during this
voyage covered in 31 consecutive days the extraordinary distance of 7,538 nautical knots,
an average of over 243 miles daily; quite one half of the whole distance from England to
New Zealand.
White Wings - Sir Henry Brett
Name | Age | County | Occupation | |
Families & Children | ||||
Allison | Robert | 30 | Stirling | Ploughman |
Mary | 21 | |||
Brown | John | 27 | Surrey | Smith |
Louisa | 29 | |||
Louisa | 5 | |||
Cecilia | 3 | |||
Francis | 2 | |||
Agnes | 6 mths | |||
Burmaster | Charles | 26 | Germany | Farm Labourer |
Mary Ann | 24 | |||
Coffee | Ephrain | 42 | Kent | Shoemaker |
Grace | 47 | |||
Condon | Michael | 28 | Middlesex | Labourer |
Eliza | 24 | |||
Henry | 1 | |||
William | Inf | |||
Goodwin | Edwin | 27 | Kent | Wheelwright |
Esther | 21 | |||
Jackson | Adam | 30 | Roxbourgh | Shepherd |
Mary | 32 | |||
Jessie | 9 | |||
Jane | 7 | |||
David | 5 | |||
Eliza | 3 | |||
William | Inf | |||
Klee | Wilhelm | 29 | Germany | Farm Labourer |
Margaret | 30 | |||
Hannah | 3 | |||
Catherine | Inf | |||
Langford | William | 42 | Middlesex | Labourer |
Eliza | 45 | |||
Henry | 23 | Trans to s/m | ||
Maria | 20 | Trans to s/w | ||
Jessy | 8 | |||
Kate | 6 | |||
Louisa | 5 | |||
Milne | George | 30 | Forfar | Farm Labourer |
Helen | 32 | |||
Nevin | Henry | 50 | Queens Co. | Bootmaker |
Sarah | 48 | |||
Mary | 24 | Trans to s/w | ||
Sarah | 21 | Trans to s/w | ||
Eliza | 18 | Trans to s/w | ||
Ellen | 17 | Trans to s/w | ||
James | 14 | Trans to s/m | ||
Henry | 11 | |||
Starke | Henry | 55 | Limerick | Farm Labourer |
Mary | 55 | |||
William | 20 | Trans to s/m | ||
Richard | 18 | Trans to s/m | ||
Prudence | 17 | Trans to s/w | ||
Catherine | 6 | |||
Ann | 20 | Trans to s/w | ||
Mary | 22 | Trans to s/w | ||
Sward | Benjamin | 27 | Norfolk | Labourer |
Sarah J. | 30 | |||
William | 3 | |||
Sarah | 2 | |||
Annie | Inf | |||
Voss | Johann | 29 | Germany | Farm Labourer |
Henen | 27 | |||
Watson | Alexander | 24 | Aberdeen | Blacksmith |
Jessie | 23 | |||
Alexander | Inf | |||
Williams | George | 22 | Middlesex | Tailor |
Frances L. | 17 | |||
Single Men | ||||
Addie | William | 25 | Aberdeen | Mason |
Belton | William | 26 | Wicklow | Carpenter |
Birnie | Alexander | 19 | Aberdeen | Ploughman |
Broderick | Patrick | 21 | Galway | Farm Labourer |
Carroll | Michael | 26 | Tipperary | Shepherd |
James | 20 | Tipperary | Labourer | |
Cheyne | John | 21 | Aberdeen | Mason |
Courie | William | 22 | Perthshire | Ploughman |
Dobbinson | Samuel | 21 | Middlesex | Labourer |
Donovan | John | 24 | Cork | Farm Labourer |
Patrick | 24 | Cork | Farm Labourer | |
Etheridge | James B. | 24 | Middlesex | Joiner |
Johnston | William | 23 | Aberdeenshire | Blacksmith |
Jones | Charles | 21 | Somersetshire | Tailor |
Langford | Henry | 23 | Surrey | Labourer |
McNaughton | John | 21 | Perthshire | Shepherd |
Munro | Hector | 37 | Rosshire | Shepherd |
Nevin | James | 14 | Queens Co. | |
Nicol | Charles | 20 | Aberdeen | Wright |
Norton | John | 21 | Middlesex | Labourer |
Reid | James | 23 | Ayrshire | Farm Labourer |
Robertson | William | 26 | Rosshire | Shepherd |
Ryan | thomas | 19 | Tipperary | Labourer |
Sim | John | 21 | Aberdeen | Mason |
Small | William | 25 | Longford | Farm Labourer |
Smith | William | 21 | Warwickshire | Gardener |
Starke | William | 20 | Limerick | Farm Labourer |
Richard | 18 | Limerick | Farm Labourer | |
Stueilaw ? | Alexander | 17 | Edinburgh | Farm Servant |
Stym | George B. | 23 | Fifeshire | Ploughman |
Voss | John | 24 | Sutherland | Shepherd |
Warne | Layan | 25 | Cornwall | Farm Labourer |
Wellwood | Richard | 26 | Kings | Farm Labourer |
Whitten | James | 30 | Armagh | Labourer |
Single Woman | ||||
Belton | Eliza | 24 | Wicklow | Dairy Maid |
Blanchard | Kate E. | 23 | Dorset | Domestic Servant |
Maude M. | 19 | Dorset | Domestic Servant | |
Agnes G. | 16 | Dorset | Domestic Servant | |
Cathro | Mary | 30 | Forfar | |
Jessie | 11 | |||
Charles | 8 | |||
David | 4 | |||
Margaret | Inf | |||
Cott | Elizabeth | 25 | N. S. Wales | Mrs Gott is a married woman. Her husband is one of the stewards of the ship, and proposes to settle in the Colony. |
Douglas | Isabella | 26 | Morayshire | Domestic Servant |
Doust | Elizabeth W. | 21 | Kent | Domestic Servant |
Hazard | Ann | 29 | Surrey | Governess |
Hobbs | Emma | 20 | Gloucester | Shop Assistant |
Hodgkins | Lavinia | 25 | Middlesex | Governess |
Amelia | 18 | Middlesex | Governess | |
Langford | Maria | 20 | Surrey | Domestic Servant |
Low | Jane | 30 | Aberdeen | Domestic Servant |
McIntosh | harriet | 24 | Rosshire | Domestic Servant |
Matthews | Martha | 22 | Banffshire | Domestic Servant |
Munro | Charlotte | 22 | Rosshire | Domestic Servant |
Murray | Margaret | 25 | Forfar | |
James | 5 | |||
David | 2 | |||
Nevin | Mary | 24 | Queens Co. | Domestic Servant |
Sarah | 21 | Queens Co. | Domestic Servant | |
Eliza | 18 | Queens Co. | Domestic Servant | |
Ellen | 17 | Queens Co. | Domestic Servant | |
Robertson | Barbara | 28 | Rosshire | Domestic Servant |
Rowe | Matilda | 24 | Cornwall | Nurse |
Shatton | Emily | 27 | Perthshire | Domestic Servant |
Shierlan | Isabella | 40 | Edinbugh | Dairy Woman |
Margaret | 14 | |||
George | 11 | |||
Christina | 9 | |||
Janet | 7 | |||
William | 5 | |||
Joseph | 2 | |||
Sim | Hughina | 33 | Rosshire | Domestic Servant |
Tait | Margaret | 23 | Aberdeen | Domestic Servant |
Triggs | Eliza | 20 | Hants | Dressmaker |
Turnbull | Agnes | 30 | Roxbough | Domestic Servant |
Wellwood | Sarah | 22 | Kings | Dairy Maid |
West | Sarah | 20 | Middlesex | Domestic Servant |
Whatmough | 21 | Middlesex | Jewel Case Liner | |
Copyright Denise & Peter 2000, 2001
Reference:
Archives New Zealand IMCH4/68
Canterbury Gazette Saturday December 23rd 1865