Wellington
Ship: 1250 tons
Captain: Cowan
Sailed Glasgow 16 December 1875 - arrived Otago 24 March 1876
Under the immediate command of Captain
Cowan (formerly Wild Deer) Wellington left the stocks of the yard of
Robert Duncan in 1874. A ship of 1250 tons, she was built for the firm of Patrick
Henderson & Co. but transferred to Shaw Savill when they merged with the Albion
Company. A fast sailer, Wellington made 21 voyages to New Zealand between 1874
and 1903. Twelve of these voyages were to Dunedin, five to Lyttelton, two to Wellington,
one to Auckland and one to Nelson, her last voyage to new Zealand. In 1904, Wellington
was sold to S.O. Stray of Norway and at the end of 1908, while under tow from Gulfport USA
to Argentina she foundered and was abandoned at sea.
White Wings - Sir Henry Brett
| Name | Age | County | Occupation | |
| Families and Children | ||||
| Bowie | George | 32 | Stirling | Boltmaker |
| Janet | 28 | |||
| Janet | 6 | |||
| Helen | 4 | |||
| Elizabeth | 2 | |||
| George | 3 mths | |||
| Cumming | Mrs Isa | 23 | Wigtown | Dressmaker |
| Magdalena | 1 | |||
| Joss | Mrs Magaret | 39 | Aberdeen | Domestic Servant |
| Isabella | 18 | |||
| George | 10 | |||
| Alex | 3 | |||
| Mitchell | James | 48 | Lanark | Labourer |
| Margaret | 45 | |||
| Jane | 28 | |||
| Edith | 17 | |||
| George | 17 | |||
| Helen | 14 | |||
| Dugald | 11 | |||
| McGown | Cornelius | 35 | Dumbarton | Labourer |
| Margaret | 26 | |||
| Mary | 8 | |||
| James | 6 | |||
| Cornelius | 2 | |||
| Penny | James | 33 | Forfar | Farm Labourer |
| Elizabeth | 32 | |||
| John | 11 | |||
| Ellen Jane | 9 | |||
| William G. | 4 mths | |||
| Rosa | Marcus | 30 | Middlesex | Cabinet Maker |
| Bertha | 25 | |||
| Maria | 3 | |||
| Tashet | 2 | |||
| Fanny | 8 mths | |||
| Woolff | Levy | 35 | Middlesex | Tailor |
| Fanny | 28 | |||
| Mendel | 8 | |||
| Hannah | 6 | |||
| Rahcel | 8 mths | |||
| Single Men | ||||
| Dallas | John | 27 | Renfrew | Labourer |
| James | 23 | Renfrew | Distillery | |
| Gorman | Owen | 21 | Galway | Ploughman |
| John | 20 | Galway | Farm Labourer | |
| Mahoney | Jeremiah | 20 | Tipperary | Farm Servant |
| Mearns | William | 21 | Edinburgh | Seedsman |
| Single Women | ||||
| Burke | Maria | 22 | Galway | Domestic Servant |
| Ellen | 16 | Galway | Domestic Servant | |
| Hickey | Ellen | 22 | Yorkshire | Domestic Servant |
| Penny | Eliza | 21 | Forfar | Domestic Servant |
| Wight | Ellen | 27 | Northumberland | Housemaid |
Copyright Denise and Peter 2000
National Archive Reference
IM15/259