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White Wings Vol I. Fifty Years Of Sail In The New Zealand Trade, 1850 TO 1900

Other Loch Ships

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Other Loch Ships.

Several other Loch vessels made one or two voyages to New Zealand. the Loch Esk, a large ship of 1641 tons, owned by J. and R. Wilson, arrived at Dunedin on the 10th January, 1882, having made the run in 82 days, port to port, or 77 land to land.

Another powerful vessel, a ship of 1382 tons, built at Glasgow, and owned by W. and R. Wilson, was the Loch Linnhe. She made a remarkable passage to Port Chalmers, under Captain Pittenreigh, in 1882. She left London on the 14th November, and did not, owing to adverse weather, clear Ushant until the 28th. The Line was crossed on the 21st December, the Cape rounded on the 14th January, Tasmania on the 7th February. and the Snares on the 10th of February. Two days later she anchored at Port Chalmers, having made the run in 74 days from Ushant. the Loch Linnhe also made one voyage to Auckland, arriving there in command of Captain Vaughan on April 15, 1885. The passage occupied 96 days port to port.

the Loch Bredan in 1886 arrived at Wellington on January 11, under Captain Cumming, 108 days from the docks. She was at Port Chalmers in 1899 (Captain
French Pass Lighthouse.

French Pass Lighthouse.

Williams), arriving on the 23rd June, 103 days' passage.

the Loch Bredan in 1882 sailed from Glasgow for Sydney, and after discharging her cargo proceeded to Lyttelton and loaded wool and wheat. She made a good run Home, and called at Queenstown for orders, with Captain Cumming in command. The ship proceeded to London, and made another trip to Sydney; thence she came over to Auckland and loaded general cargo for London. At this time Captain J. T. Rolls, well known as commander for a number of years of the Union Company's Niagara, was chief officer of the ship. Mr. John Cumming, now in business at Te Aroha, was an apprentice on the Loch Bredan when she arrived at Auckland.

the Loch Awe, which made the record passage to Auckland, is dealt with in a separate article; also the Lochnagar, which made many voyages to the Dominion.

Another small vessel of 248 tons was the Lochlee, which was built at Inverness in 1865 for Mr. J. B. Stevenson, shipping agent at Auckland. When completed she sailed for Melbourne. I have no record of her visiting Auckland, but she arrived at Wellington on the 12th May, 1871, after a lengthy passage of 131 days.