the following is a list of ships into PORT CHALMERS from 1849 to 1885

it was taken from NZETC White Wings Vol II
.. part I - Founding the Provinces
.. part II - Old-TIme Shipping
.. part III - Passenger Ships to 1885

INDEX OF SHIPS
into AUCKLAND
into LYTTELTON (Christchurch)
into NAPIER (Hawkes Bay)
into NELSON (Marlborough)
into NEW PLYMOUTH (Taranaki)
into PORT CHALMERS (Dunedin)
into WELLINGTON
- (most of the ships are links at the above site)


1849
Bernicia, 548 tons, Captain Arnold, sailed July 7th. Landed passengers at New Plymouth, Nelson and Wellington, and brought on 60 for Dunedin. Arrived December 12th, 1849.

Ajax, 767 tons, Captain J. Young, sailed September 8th, 1848, arrived January 8th with 186 passengers. The ship, after discharging and landing a portion of her passengers, sailed for Wellington and Nelson, arriving at the latter port on March 9th. The Ajax was wrecked at Anjer when on a voyage from Manilla to London, March 12th, 1850.

Mary, 533 tons, Captain T. Grant, sailed November 2nd, 1848, landed passengers at Northern ports, and arrived on April 11th with 70 passengers.

Larkins, 770 tons, Captain Burton, sailed June 6th, arrived September 11th. Passengers, 220.

Cornwall, 559 tons, Captain W. Dawson, sailed April 20th, arrived via, Northern ports September 23rd. Passengers, 70.

Pekin, 562 tons, Captain G. Whitby, sailed August 6th, arrived December 5th. Passengers, 116.

Mooltan, 560 tons, Captain W. Chivas, sailed September 12th, arrived December 26th. Passengers, 120. Cholera broke out on board September 21st, and continued until October 15th. Out of 20 cases, 9 died.

1850
Berkshire, 582 tons, Captain White, sailed October 2nd, 1849, arrived March 12th. Ship grounded at Nelson February 1st. Passengers carried on to Wellington and Otago by Woodstock and schooner Perseverence.

Phoebe Dunbar, 704 tons, Captain Michie, sailed July 4th, arrived October 24th. Passengers, 29. Later sailed for Wellington and Nelson. This was the last ship despatched to Port Chalmers by the New Zealand Company.

Lady Nugent, 668 tons, Captain J. Parsons, sailed December 7th, 1849, arrived March 26th. Passengers, 110.

Poictiers, 756 tons, Captain T. Beale, sailed London February 5th, Hyde February 24th, arrived via Taranaki and Nelson September 6th with 29 passengers for Otago.

1851
Cresswell, 547 tons, Captain Williams, arrived May 6th, via Auckland and Wellington. First of Willis Gann's ships to visit this port.

Simlah, 597 tons, Captain Robertson, arrived November 23rd, via Wellington.

1853
Royal Albert, 662 tons, Captain Norris, sailed November 5th, 1852, arrived March 6th. The ship was of a peculiar construction, drawing a great depth of water (over 18 feet) in proportion to her tonnage. She was unable to sail up the harbour past the native village until her cargo had been discharged. Passengers, 120.

1854
Dolphin, 370 tons, Captain Turnbull, arrived November 8th. Passengers, 35.

Pudsey Dawson, 761 tons, Captain Davies, arrived December 15th. Passengers, 21.

Sea Snake, 470 tons, Captain Lohr, arrived April 19th. Passengers, 20.

1856
Isabella Hercus, 568 tons, Captain Sewell, arrived February 1st, via Wellington. Passengers, 22.

Sir Edward Paget, 481 tons, Captain Wycherley, arrived August 15th. Passengers, 60.

1857
William And Jane, 457 tons, Captain Chapman, arrived February 3rd, 104 days from London. Passengers, 17.

Lord Hardinge, 341 tons, Captain Irwin, arrived September 21st, via Nelson.

1858
Strathfieldsaye, 660 tons, Captain Brown, sailed January 22nd, arrived April 29th. Passengers, 263.

Nourmahal, 884 tons, Captain Brayley, arrived May 5th. Passengers, 264.

Three Bells, 602 tons, Captain Rowley, sailed from Glasgow March 20th, arrived July 13th. Passengers, 325.

Rockhampton, arrived April 3rd.

Lord Worsley, steamer, 290 tons, Captain Johnston, sailed June 2nd, arrived October 4th. Passengers, 60. This steamer traded for many years on the New Zealand coast.

Regina, 676 tons, Captain Thornton, sailed July 18th, arrived November 9th. Passengers, 160.

Gloucester, 1000 tons, Captain Hiatt, sailed September 14th, arrived December 26th. Passengers, 98.

Palmyra, 706 tons, Captain Tierney, sailed London October 28th, 1857, arrived February 14th. Nine deaths during the voyage.

1859
Temora, 418 tons, Captain Bridie, sailed November 9th, 1858, arrived March 5th. Was detained 15 days at Cape de Verde Islands repairing damage sustained in a gale in Bay of Biscay. Passengers, 60.

Countess Of Fife, 510 tons, Captain Collie, arrived September 7th. Landed passengers, and proceeded to Wellington and New Plymouth with passengers and cargo.

Equator, ship, 481 tons, Captain Sillberg, arrived via Wellington March 21st. 181 days from Gravesend.

Alpine, 1164 tons, Captain Crawford, sailed from Glasgow June 10th, arrived September 12th. Passengers, 500. One of the finest vessels visiting Otago at that date.

Sebastan, 364 tons, Captain Begg, arrived October 6th; passage, 96 days. Passengers, 28.

1860
Henrietta, sailed May 30th, arrived September 24th. Passengers, 220.

1861
Velore, 484 tons, Captain Hayes, sailed from Gravesend March 10th, Spithead March 25th, arrived August 8th. Passage, 148 days. Passengers, 22. The ship was sent out by the Shaw-Savill Co.

1862
Akbar, 734 tons, Captain Hutton, sailed January 1st, arrived April 15th. Passengers, 78.

Escore, ship, 671 tons, Captain D. Smith, sailed April 19th, arrived August 26th. Passengers, 97.

Sarah M., 1018 tons, Captain Raisbeck, sailed September 26th, arrived December 31st. Passengers, 145.

1863
Crimea, 1080 tons, Captain Watson, sailed May 5th, arrived September 1st. Passengers, 98.

Sir Ralph Abercrombie, 743 tons, Captain Gilbert, sailed June 13th, arrived September 14th. Passengers, 40. Called at Lyttelton and landed passengers.

New Great Britain, 571 tons, Captain G. Trader, arrived via Bluff September 28th. Passengers, 170 for Otago.

Phoebe Dunbar, 600 tons, Captain Crouch, sailed June 29th, arrived October 11th. Passengers, 50.

Persian, 1069 tons, Captain Wright, sailed July 25th, arrived November 12th. Passengers, 76.

Albert William, Captain Walker, sailed August 6th, arrived November 23rd. Pioneer ship, White Star Line, to Port Chalmers. Passengers, 21.

General Wyndham, 657 tons, Captain Leslie, sailed July 30th, arrived November 29th. Passengers, 21. Owing to very light northerly winds, Equator not crossed until 52nd day out.

Daniel Rankin, 1048 tons, Captain Muller, sailed September 5th, arrived December 6th. Passengers, 153.

1864
Brechin Castle, Captain Parkinson, sailed October 1st, 1863, arrived January 24th. Passengers, 42.

Lady Raglan, 730 tons, Captain Bowden, sailed from London October 5th, Portsmouth October 23rd, 1863, arrived February 3rd. Passengers, 62.

Rachael, 571 tons, Captain J. McDonald, sailed October 6th, 1863, arrived February 4th. Passengers, 21.

Cecilia, 686 tons, Captain Hudson, sailed from London October 26th, from Downs November 5th, 1863, arrived February 9th. Passengers, 59.

Vectis, 591 tons, Captain McCaskill, sailed January 4th, arrived May 1st. Passengers, 75.

Severn, 502 tons, Captain Craigie, sailed February 6th, arrived May 8th. Passengers, 32.

Silesia, 781 tons, Captain W. Carmichael, sailed December 28th, 1863, arrived May 12th. Passengers, 24.

Warwickshire, 679 tons, Captain W. Keller, sailed April 10th, arrived July 21st. Passengers, 29.

Industry, 592 tons, Captain Bennett, sailed April 28th, arrived September 6th. Passengers, 45.

Ajmeer, 1163 tons, Captain D. Smith, sailed May 12th, arrived September 6th. Passengers, 76.

Hamilla Mitchell, 960 tons, Captain Branscombe, sailed June 10th, arrived September 20th. Passengers, 150.

1865
Gloriosa, 650 tons, Captain Le Bas, sailed October 6th, 1864, arrived January 22nd. Passengers, 44.

Lady Ann, 688 tons, Captain Phillips, sailed November 7th, 1864, arrived March 8th. Passengers, 27.

General Wyndham, 657 tons, Captain Leslie, sailed December 16th, 1864, arrived March 29th. Passengers, 41.

Jessie Gilbert, 634 tons, Captain Stapleton, arrived via Bluff June 4th. Passengers, 33.

Lizzie Southard, 1044 tons, sailed February 28th, arrived June 4th. Passengers, 41.

Caribou, 1160 tons, Captain Kerr, sailed April 1st, arrived July 14th. Passengers, 162. Other voyages by this ship published in Vol. I., WHITE WINGS.

Leichast, 1000 tons, Captain Sennett, sailed April 28th, arrived August 2nd. Passengers, 65.

1866
Parcsian, 800 tons, Captain D'Oyley, sailed October 14th, 1865, arrived January 15th. Passengers, 37.

Pana, 621 tons, Captain R. Nicol, sailed October 14th, 1865, arrived January 19th. Passengers, 91.

Stornoway, 675 tons, Captain Tomlins, sailed November 28th, arrived April 2nd. Passengers, 25.

Bengal, 834 tons, Captain Bounnell, sailed April 14th, arrived July 31st. Passengers, 22.

1867
Countess Russell, 964 tons, Captain Stuart, sailed October 22nd, 1866, arrived February 22nd. Passengers, 34.

Elizabeth Flemming, 727 tons, Captain Foster, sailed March 8th, arrived June 12th. Passengers, 33.

1868
Ajmeer, Captain Pugh, sailed March 24th, arrived July 7th. Passengers, 35.

Caller-Ou, 674 tons, Captain Joass, sailed June 21st, arrived September 15th. Passengers, 26.

Schleswig Bride, 1110 tons, Captain Hansen, sailed from Glasgow June 24th, arrived October 8th. Passengers, 265.

1869
Undaunted, 868 tons, Captain Grierson, sailed March 23rd, arrived July 9th. Passengers, 21.

Challenger, 670 tons, Captain Lovell, sailed April 16th, arrived July 20th. Passengers, 28.

1870
William Lindsay, 970 tons, Captain Galloway, sailed December 18th, 1869, arrived March 8th. Passage made in 75 days from landing pilot off Dartmouth to Otago Heads. Passengers, 27.

Achilles, 1520 tons, Captain Massey, sailed March 18th, arrived July 3rd. Passengers, 43.

Lucadia, 896 tons, Captain Mearns, sailed May 12th, arrived August 14th. Detained 10 days in Channel, stormy weather. Passengers, 34.

1871
Roslyn Castle, 644 tons, Captain Alexander, sailed from Downs March 1st, arrived June 2nd. Passengers, 22.

Carrick Castle, 879 tons, Captain Peters, sailed April 22nd, arrived August 4th. Passengers, 33.

Shun Lee, 674 tons, Captain Langlands, sailed May 18th, arrived December 2nd. Passengers, 23.

1872
Helen Burns, 798 tons, Captain Malcolm, sailed August 14th, August 27th. Passengers, 23.

1873
St. Kilda, 865 tons. Captain Atkins, sailed May 9th, arrived August 19th. Passengers, 21.

1874
Haddon Hall, 1516 tons, Captain Faithful, sailed June 13th, arrived September 17th. Passengers, 44.

Florence, 808 tons, Captain Houston, sailed September 6th, arrived December 29th. Passengers, 32.

1875
Janet Cowan, 1278 tons, Captain McBride, sailed October 9th, 1874, arrived January 5th. Passengers, 58.

Sophia Joachine, 1084 tons, Captain Thompson, sailed October 3rd, 1874, arrived January 25th. Passengers, 31.

Altcar, 1283 tons, Captain Harvey, sailed May 18th, arrived August 30th. Passengers, 25.

1876
Olive, 847 tons, sailed October 4th, 1875, arrived February 8th. Passengers, 25.

Caithlock, 1264 tons, Captain Phillips, sailed February 4th, arrived April 29th. Passengers, 50.

Orpheus, 1461 tons, Captain Glass, arrived June 20th. 90 days' passage. Passengers, 39.

Norval, 1427 tons, Captain Young, sailed May 2nd, arrived July 29th. Passengers, 40.

1877
Lady Ruthven, 1591 tons, Captain Welsh, sailed May 2nd, arrived July 24th?79 days land to land. Passengers, 50.

1878
Sarah Bell, 812 tons, Captain Ditchburn, sailed September 21st, 1877, arrived January 4th. Passengers, 26.

County of Peebles, 1614 tons, Captain Fordyce, sailed November 3rd, 1877. Cleared Channel November 15th. Arrived January 29th. Passengers, 37.

Strathblane, 1363 tons, Captain Crawford, sailed February 4th, arrived May 9th. Passengers, 22.

Panmure, 1505 tons, Captain Downie, sailed April 6th, arrived July 13th. Passengers, 29.

Rokeby Hall, 1044 tons, Captain Clark, sailed May 10th, arrived August 21st. Passengers, 22.

1879
Norval, 1247 tons, Captain Halliday, sailed October 6th, 1878, arrived January 2nd. Passengers, 48.

Easterhill, 890 tons, Captain D. Evans, sailed November. 1st, 1878, arrived February 8th. Passengers, 28. Master refused furnish any report. This barque, launched at Dundee in 1878, was on her maiden voyage.

Rialto, 1166 tons, Captain Williamson, sailed November 26th, 1878, arrived March 4th. Passengers, 25.

Peter Stuart, 1447 tons, Captain Vanstone, sailed December 29th, 1878, arrived March 24th. Passengers, 25.

East Lothian, 1389 tons, Captain Barr, sailed from London January 9th, arrived April 8th. Smart passage, 89 days port to port.

Dunnottar Castle, 1702 tons, Captain Hinks, sailed January 29th, arrived May 9th. Passengers, 30.

Millwall, 1165 tons, Captain Weir, sailed February 26th, arrived June 26th. Passengers, 22.

Rousenbech, 930 tons, Captain Steet, sailed March 28th, arrived June 29th. Passengers, 27.

Cape Clear, 852 tons, Captain Tupinan, sailed April 10th, arrived July 16th. Passengers, 38.

Cockermouth, 1296 tons, Captain Parker, sailed April 26th, arrived August 6th. Passengers, 41.

Blair Drummond, 1450 tons, Captain Guthrie, sailed May 24th, arrived August 25th. Passengers, 51.

Lizzie Bell, 1036 Tons, Captain Moignard, sailed July 10th, arrived October 15th. Passengers, 40.

1880
City of Florence, 1200 tons, Captain Hunter, sailed January 3rd, arrived April 11th. Passengers, 41.

Rialto, 1166 tons, Captain Williamson, sailed February 11th, arrived May 17th. Passengers, 27.

Abernyte, 700 tons, sailed March 3rd, arrived June 12th. Passengers, 21.

Dunbritton, 1475 tons, Captain Emmett, sailed March 12th, arrived June 13th. Passengers, 72.

City of Sparta, 1193 tons, Captain Watson, sailed June 10th, arrived September 5th. Passengers, 43.

Durham, 998 tons, Captain Seymour, sailed June 26th, arrived October 3rd. Passengers, 30.

1881
City of Lucknow, 1195 tons, Captain Halley, sailed August 19th, arrived October 15th?86 days port to port, Passengers, 24.

1882
Janet Mcneil, 898 tons, Captain Jones, sailed January 27th, arrived April 21st. Passengers, 30.

Abeona, 979 tons, Captain Wilson, sailed March 26th, arrived July 6th.

City of Bombay, 990 tons, Captain Rhind, sailed June 29th, arrived October 18th. Passengers, 39.

1883
Philomone, 1423 tons, Captain Holmes, sailed November 7th, 1882, arrived February 1st.

Embleton, 1196 tons, Captain Paynter, sailed from Glasgow May 30th, arrived September 24th. 45 passengers. This ship, after discharging a portion of her cargo, ran up from Port Chalmers to Auckland in 4 days 18 hours.

1884
Saraco, 836 tons, Captain Symmes, sailed June 7th, arrived September 14th. Passengers, 29.

1885
Braemar, 1008 tons, Captain Caw, sailed February 27th. Met terrific gale?ship seriously damaged, and returned to Glasgow. After repairs completed, sailed again April 18th. Arrived August 3rd. A new vessel on maiden voyage. Passengers, 23.