Lactura1875

Lactura
Ship: 1380 tons
Captain: Luekes
Surgeon Superintendent:
Sailed London June 2nd 1875 - arrived Lyttelton September 27 1875

Although a new ship the Lactura made a long passage of 116 days owing mainly to the numerous gales encoutered. The most severe were those met with after crossing the meridian of Greenwich on 9th August, when troubles began in right earnest. On the 18th August a heavy sea struck the ship, flooding the decks fore and aft, and carrying everything moveable overboard. On the 25th the vessel was hove-to during a heavy gale. A huge sea struck her, coming over the forecastle right aft, smashing the foreward part of the saloon skylight and flooding the saloon. The ship was labouring and rolling very heavily and a portion of the starboard bulwarks were washed away. After sighting Amsterdam Island on 31st August, the vessel was twice hove-to through stress of weather. (Shaw, Savill.)
White Wings - Sir Henry Brett

Saloon
Armitage	Miss A.
Henderson	Mr T. S.
Hull	Mr F.
Jouche	Mr J. H. S.
Marcroft	Miss E.
Marshall	Mr
Millington	Mr E.
Peel	Mr S.
Shearman	Rev J
	Mrs
	2 children
Tyerman	Mr B.
White	Mr H. B.
Second Cabin
Allsop	Mr J. F.
	Mrs
	2 children
Fuze	Mr F.
Glozier	Mrs
	Child
Harborow	Mr J. G.
Hughes	Mr T
	Mrs
Pipe	Mr J. T.
Ranson	Messrs C
	A. R.
Skipper	Mr and Mrs C. P.
Tatham	Mr L. S.
Woledge	Mr H. E.
Wyclwid	Mr A.
Intermediate and Steerage
Armstrong	Mr W. and Mr J.
Black	Mrs and five children
Dawson	Mr A.
Halliburton	Mr and Mrs and Miss J.
Hibbs	Mr J.
Johnstone	Mr
Lightfoot	Mr and Mrs and one child
Spooner	Mr and Mrs
Stephens	Mr J.
Turner	Mr J.
Watson	Mr G.

Refrence:
Lyttleton Times September 28 1875