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Pelham - a general history

Official No. 52657: Code Letters HSBF.

Owners: 1865 J Barber, London: 1866 J Stewart, London: 1870 CR Tatham, London: 1875 William Glenn, Melbourne: 1884 M Kennedy, Melbourne: 1886 Kennedy Bros, Wellington, New Zealand

Masters: 1866-68 R Gibbon: 1868 Harvey: 1870 E Gardner: 1871-74 W Gardner: 1875 JP Moore: 1876-78 J Beaton: 1879-81 P Duncan: 1882-86 Agnew: 1885 Christen Erikson Greager: 1885-86 Agnew.

Voyages: October 1868 London for Launceston: 16 July 1870 sailed from Gravesend for Montevideo.

On a voyage from Greymouth for Invercargill gasworks at Bluff with a cargo of coal Pelham grounded on Howell’s Rocks off Lookout Point, Bluff, New Zealand on 9 August 1886 & was totally wrecked.

The master was found in default by attempting to enter the harbour before daylight.

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