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

The Talbot

page 360

The Talbot.

"The ship Talbot, so long and anxiously looked for, dropped anchor off North Head at ten o'clock last night," said the newspaper reporting the arrival at Auckland of the 847 ton ship Talbot, Captain James, on December 21st, 1864. And it was no wonder that she was anxiously looked for, as she was 141 days out from London. the Talbot was a Sunderland-built craft owned by Temperley, Carter, and Darby, whose vessels in the Australian trade were well and favourably known. The long passage she made was accounted for by the very light wind she met until passing the meridian of the Cape, three months after leaving port. That she could sail, however, when she got the chance was proved by the fact that from the Cape she did the run to Tasmania in twenty-nine days. On this trip site brought 163 passengers, who in spite of the long passage all arrived in excellent health.

the Talbot, under the same command, made one voyage to Lyttelton. She sailed from the London docks on the 11th April, and arrived on August 1st, 1866, making the passage in 112 days. On this occasion she brought 16 saloon and 15 second cabin passengers.