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Kinnaird - a general history

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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