Completed May 1857; Official No. 18890; Code Letters MPRG.
Owners: Park Bros, Fraserburg; 1868 Pierce Cox (Waterford) London.
Masters: 1857-59 David Stephen; 1862-65 Matthew Sinclair (C.N.3841 Aberdeen 1852); 1868-74 Murphy.
Voyages: she made three voyages to New Zealand, her best run being 120 days to Auckland returning to Britain with wool; 6 October 1858 sailed from London bound for Wellington arriving on 7 February 1859, making the passage in 126 days. She landed 83 passengers & 12 Saxony sheep; 5 March 1859 sailed from Gravesend with 21 passengers arrived at Port Chalmers on 6 July, 1860, a passage of 126 days. The master stated the long voyage was because of unusually light winds until reaching the Cape where she had to put in for water; April 1861 Dundee for Foo-Chow-Foo; 1863 London for India; July 1865 at Woosung; January 1866 at Penang; July 1867 arrived Waterford from Quebec.
Kinnaird sailed from Waterford in ballast & with a crew of 13 on 11 April 1874 bound for Bridgewater, Nova Scotia & was not heard from again.
Crew February 1865:
Alexander, William, able seaman, 34, Scotland
Bradshaw, SJ, able seaman, 24, London
Brown, Charles H, steward, 27, Yorkshire
Cameron, K, ordinary seaman, 22, Glasgow
Greenwell, H, mate, age 40 Shields
Hamilton, James, cook, 41, Glasgow
McGregor, John, able seaman, 23
Miller, NC, carpenter, 24, Banff
Moore, Edward, able seaman, 30, England
Ritchie, George, apprentice
Sinclair, Matthew, master
Soderburg, Carl, sails, 40, Sweden
Walker, John, able seaman, 19, Fraserborough
Wallis, James, able seaman, 21, Fraserborough
Williams, R, 2nd mate, 20, Southampton
Winter, George, able seaman, 29, Plymouth
Wood, James, ordinary seaman, 29, Gloucester
Urquhart, Thomas, able seaman, 20, England
McInnes, Mr (passenger)
Wilson, Mrs (passenger)
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