MEROPE
Ship: 1054 tons
Captain: Sutherland
Surgeon Superintendent:
Sailed Deal May 3rd 1879 - arrived Lyttelton July 26th 1879
The beautiful clipper Merope was built
in 1870 for the Shaw Savill Co, and after completing eighteen voyages to New Zealand was
destroyed by fire when Homeward bound from Lyttelton in 1890 She was a
full-rigged ship on 1050 tons until early in the eighties, when she was rigged
as a barque The
Merope sailed mostly from London Docks, but on several occasions departed from Glasgow
When the ship was launched in 1870, Captain Henry Rose was placed in command and
on the passage of the following year made a sensational run to Lyttelton
White Wings - Sir Henry Brett
| Name | Age | County | Occupation | |
| Saloon Passengers | ||||
| Barnett | FW | |||
| Bell | William Reid | |||
| Bradshaw | John | |||
| Isabel | ||||
| Frank W | ||||
| Buckle | John | |||
| Mary | ||||
| Mary | ||||
| John | ||||
| Helen | ||||
| William | ||||
| Henry | ||||
| Charles | ||||
| Florence | ||||
| Sarah | ||||
| Burtt | Charles E | |||
| Houston | Joseph | |||
| Julia | ||||
| John | ||||
| Eleanor | ||||
| Kelso | SM | |||
| Singer | Frank | |||
| Tivy | Dr | |||
| Vickers | Charles | |||
| Wilson | Edward | |||
| Emma | ||||
| Second Cabin | ||||
| Frean | G W | |||
| Gorrie | Miss Elizabeth | |||
| Hooper | O | |||
| Hopkinson | James | |||
| Kaeterns | JB | |||
| Reynolds | Harriett | |||
| Robinson | F W | |||
| Steerage | ||||
| Banford | Emily | |||
| Burnett | Thomas | |||
| Clare | Joseph | |||
| Cook | W J | |||
| Crossman | George | |||
| Mary | ||||
| Gallagher | Helen | |||
| Gessick | Charles | |||
| Grant | John | |||
| Hampton | D | |||
| Knight | Flora | |||
| Henry | ||||
| Emily | ||||
| Adeline | ||||
| Clement | ||||
| Elizabeth | ||||
| Pentelow | John | |||
| Martha | ||||
| Roberts | William T | |||
| Robinson | J | |||
| Sinton | William | |||
| Smith | Hiram | |||
| Winter | Harry | |||
| Winter | William | |||
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Copyright Denise & Peter 2007
Reference:
The Star July 26th 1879