White Rose
1557 Tons
Captain T. G. Thorpe died on the voyage
Captain C. W. Best assumed command after the death of Captain Thorpe
Sailed Plymouth 21 February 1875 - arrived Lyttelton 21 July 1875
An adventurous passage was made in 1875 by the ship White Rose, a sister ship to the Tintern Abbey. She was a new vessel, under charter to the Shaw, Savill Company. Sailing from London on February 14th, she went round to Plymouth to pick up her 166 passengers, and sailed on the 21st. she had in her hold a lot of railway material, and during some heavy weather a lot of it began to shift, giving crew no end of trouble trying to square it up. The trouble began on May 4th, and after things had been straightened up somewhat, more severe weather came on, and a squall carried away the fore topsail yard. Then the fid of the main topmast bent, and the mast began to settle down. To cap everything, the trouble with the railway material in the hold began again, and it was decided to put into St Louis, Mauritius, to put matters right. Some little time before this, just after passing the equator, Captain T. G. Thorpe, the commander, had been found dead in his bunk, and the chief officer C. W. Best, had assumes command. The ship was from May 22nd until June 10th effecting repairs at St Louis. More bad weather was struck in the Southern Indian Ocean, and on July 9th a fire broke out in the lower fore-hold among the cargo, but fortunately it was soon suppressed. Eventually the ship arrived at Lyttelton on July 21st, 137 days from the Thames, or 130 from Plymouth. On the run across from Mauritius a man died from "fever and plague", no disease was on board but the authorities decided to land the passengers at Ripa Island. The were released after a stay of seven days.
Source White Wing Sir Henry Brett
Name | Age | County | Occupation | |
Families and Children | ||||
Ackerman | Walter | 22 | Oxon | Carpenter |
Mary | 22 | |||
Emily E. | 3 months | |||
Allem | William | 24 | Devon | General Labourer |
Mary A | 27 | |||
William | ||||
Armstrong | William | 27 | Longford | Farm Labourer |
Elizabeth | 27 | |||
William | 4 months | |||
Arscott | Thomas J. | 26 | Devon | Farm Labourer |
Harriet | 22 | |||
Anne | 3 | |||
Bamfield | Thomas | 22 | Cornwall | Miner |
Mary | 21 | |||
Bate | Abraham | 63 | Staffordshire | |
Mary | 60 | |||
Boucher | Samuel A. | 26 | Cornwall | Farm Labourer |
Anne | 20 | |||
Bren | Daniel | 30 | Ccork | Labourer |
Johanna | 25 | |||
John | 1 | |||
Bush | William | 30 | Warwickshire | Plumber |
Louise | 33 | |||
Cock | George | 22 | Cornwall | Farm Labourer |
Ann | 23 | |||
Couch | William | 24 | Cornwall | Farm Labourer |
Mary E. | 22 | |||
Curties | Thomas | 34 | Norfolk | Mason |
Mary A | 32 | |||
Margaret | 8 | |||
Walter | 6 | |||
Mary | 4 | |||
Thomas | 4 months | |||
Dyson | Eli | 24 | Herefordshire | Coachbuilder |
Margaret | 22 | |||
Hambly | George | 36 | Devon | Miller |
Mary | 24 | |||
Hickey | John | 28 | Cork | Labourer |
Mary | 22 | |||
Daniel | 5 months | |||
Hooper | Frederick | 44 | Cornwall | Tailor |
Elizabeth | 45 | |||
Charles | 16 | Trans to s/m | ||
John | 15 | Trans to s/m | ||
Hoyes | Michael | 25 | Tipperary | Farm Labourer |
Mary | 23 | |||
Thomas | 10 months | |||
Keane | Patrick | 18 | Kings | Labourer |
Catherine | 23 | |||
Lindall | Frederick | 33 | Surrey | Butcher |
Ellen K. | 28 | |||
Frederick | 8 | |||
Henry | 6 | |||
Ellen J. | 5 | |||
Lilly | 3 | |||
Annie | 1 | |||
Maddocks | F. W. | 21 | Kent | Labourer |
Elizabeth | 21 | |||
Matthews | James Henry | 23 | Cornwall | Mason |
Ellen | 22 | |||
Clara | 2 | |||
Patton | George | 25 | Somersetshire | Carpenter |
Annie | 24 | |||
Jane | 11 months | |||
Rodda | Stephen | 35 | Cornwall | Farm Labourer |
Susannah | 33 | |||
Sarah | 7 | |||
John | 5 | |||
Emma A. | 3 | |||
Edith | 1 | |||
Honeywell | Harriet | 19 | Trans to s/w | Travelling with Rodda |
John | 17 | Trans to w.m | Travelling with Rodda | |
Shanahan | John | 39 | Kings Co | Farmer |
Catherine | 29 | |||
Johanna | 7 | |||
Helena | 5 | |||
Dennis | 3 | |||
James | 1 | |||
Kennedy | Nora | 12 | Trans to s/w | Travelling with Shanahan |
Maher | Margaret | 16 | Trans to s/w | Travelling with Shanahan |
Donohue | Jane | 32 | Trans to s/w | Travelling with Shanahan |
Treloar | Richard B. | 23 | Cornwall | Labourer |
Josephine | 20 | |||
Sabrina | 8 months | |||
Trethowan | David | 23 | Cornwall | Labourer |
Johanna | 22 | |||
Tyler | George | 42 | Somersetshire | Baker |
Caroline A. | 36 | |||
Ellen A. | 18 | Trans to s/w | ||
Caroline R. | 16 | Trans to s/w | ||
Amelia S. J. | 13 | Trans to s/w | ||
Francis | 6 | |||
Elizabeth | 4 | |||
Wilkins | Edward | 40 | Glostershire | Farm Labourer |
Jane | 33 | |||
Mary A | 17 | Trans to s/w | ||
George | 15 | Trans to s/m | ||
Elizabeth | 13 | Trans to s/w | ||
Albert | 10 | |||
Thomas | 6 | |||
Lucy | 2 | |||
Williams | Joseph | 24 | Cornwall | Miner |
Elizabeth J. | 23 | |||
Colonial Nominated Families & Children | ||||
Christie | George | 32 | Aberdeen | Cook |
Isabella | 25 | |||
Ann | 6 | |||
Margaret M. | 4 | |||
Hill | Benjamin | 24 | Worchestershire | Engineer |
Eliza | 22 | |||
George F. | 3 | |||
Kimber | George J. | 47 | ||
Eliza | 47 | |||
Walter | 12 | Trans to s/m | ||
Frank | 10 | |||
Evelyn | 8 | |||
Nesbit | Robert | 31 | Down | Labourer |
Jane | 30 | |||
William | 13 | Trans to s/m | ||
Mary | 9 | |||
Robert | 7 | |||
Joseph | 5 | |||
George | 3 | |||
Kinley | James | 17 | Trans to s/m | Travelling with Nesbit |
Single Men | ||||
Barter | Edward | 24 | Devon | Farm Labourer |
Bell | William James | 20 | Antrim | Farm Labourer |
Brown | Alfred | 24 | Hertshire | Coach Builder |
Corner | W. J. | 19 | Down | Labourer |
Croucher | Charles E. | 21 | Middlesex | Toolmaker |
Davis | Richard | 31 | Warwickshire | Engine Fitter |
Duncan | Joseph | 21 | Antrim | Carpenter |
Farrell | William | 23 | Limerick | Labourer |
Frederick | William P. | 22 | Cornwall | Farm Labourer |
Flinn | John | 23 | Ccork | Farm Labourer |
Furneaux | Henry | 30 | Devon | Farm Labourer |
Golbie | Patrick | 19 | Lanarkshire | Pastry Cook |
Gown | John | 23 | Antrim | Farm Labourer |
Guilfoyle | John | 22 | Tipperary | Labourer |
Hall | Richard | 28 | Cornwall | Farm Labourer |
Harvey | George | 20 | Down | Ploughman |
Herlihy | Daniel | 24 | Cornwall | Farm Labourer |
Hill | George William | 21 | Herts | Labourer |
Hollow | John | 21 | Cornwall | Miner |
Honeywell | John | 17 | Cornwall | Labourer |
Hooper | Charles | 16 | Cornwall | |
John | 15 | Cornwall | ||
Ivey | Evan | 21 | Cornwall | Farm Labourer |
James | John | 21 | Cornwall | Miner |
Lahy | Patrick | 20 | Tipperary | Farm Labourer |
Lee | Phillip | 27 | Devon | Farm Labourer |
Lidston | John | 21 | Devon | Labourer |
Mahony | W. O. | 26 | Cornwall | Farm Labourer |
McEwen | George Alexander | 34 | Middlesex | Plumber |
McGlynn | Owen | 28 | Roscommon | Labourer |
Mulcahy | Michael | 22 | Tipperary | Farm Labourer |
Murdock | Richard | 25 | Down | Labourer |
Nelson | George | 19 | Lanarkshire | Farm Labourer |
O'Leary | Patrick | 18 | Cork | Labourer |
Pirie | William | 38 | Aberdeen | Shoemaker |
Polkinhourne | George | 21 | Cornwall | Farm Labourer |
Potter | Henry William | 22 | Middlesex | Joiner |
Quinn | Michael | 24 | Cork | Farm Labourer |
Reid | Alexander | 18 | Donegal | Gardener |
Ryan | Miles | 25 | Tipperary | Farm Labourer |
Shea | William | 34 | Limerick | Bricklayer |
Smith | Henry R | 23 | Middlesex | Smith |
Wilking | George | 15 | Glostershire | |
Willocks | George | 34 | Devon | Farm Labourer |
Colonial Nominated Single Men | ||||
Bate | Peter | 21 | Staffordshire | Painter |
Bollington | James | 19 | Lancashire | Coal Miner |
Ellis | Tolson | 25 | Yorkshire | Brickmaker |
Kimber | Walter | 12 | Somersetshire | |
Kinley | James | 17 | Down | Labourer |
Mullany | Dominick | 26 | Roscommon | Carpenter |
Nesbit | William | 13 | Down | |
Nettleton | John | 25 | Middlesex | Carpenter |
Skeen | Alfred | 25 | Middlesex | Carman |
Sloan | William | 55 | Tyrone | Mill Hand |
Hannah | 34 | Trans to s/w | ||
Jemima | 8 | Trans to s/w | ||
Summers | James | 16 | Sussex | Labourer |
Single Women | ||||
Bamfield | Emily | 24 | Cornwall | Tailoress |
Boyd | Eleanor | 16 | Roscommon | Housemaid |
Buckingham | Grace | 27 | Devon | Servant |
Coe | Mary | 24 | Suffolk | Housemaid |
Donohue | Jane | 32 | Tipperary | General Servant |
Finch | Susan | 18 | Devon | Tailoress |
Gray | Elizabeth | 24 | Cornwall | Dressmaker |
Harris | Mary | 47 | Middlesex | Housekeeper / Matron |
Honeywell | Harriet | 19 | Cornwall | Servant |
Kennedy | Sarah | 33 | Tipperary | Dairymaid |
Kennedy | Nora | 12 | Kings | |
Lucy | Sarah | 32 | Yorkshire | Servant |
Maher | Margaret | 16 | Kings | General Servant |
McLatchy | Mary A | 21 | Armagh | Servant |
Ryan | Margaret | 23 | Tipperary | General Servant |
Threadwell | Lucy | 21 | Middlesex | Servant |
Tyler | Ellen A | 18 | Somersetshire | General Seervant |
Caroline R | 16 | Somersetshire | General Seervant | |
Amelia | 13 | Somersetshire | ||
Wilkins | Mary A | 17 | Glostershire | |
Elizabeth | 13 | Glostershire | ||
Wilson | Ellen | 27 | Antrim | Servant |
Colonial Nominated Single Women | ||||
Bate | Emma | 27 | Staffordshire | Twister in cotton mill |
Peter | 24 | Trans to s/m | ||
Sarah | 19 | Staffordshire | Twister in cotton mill | |
Goodfellow | Margaret | 23 | Glamorgan | Dressmaker |
Robert M | 16 months | |||
Sloan | Hannah | 34 | Tyrone | Housekeeper |
Jemima | 8 | Tyrone | ||
Thompson | Amelia | 22 | Antrim | Weaver |
Copyright Denise & Peter 2000, 2001
Reference:
Archives New Zealand IM15/203