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LAIRA

Iron Barque, "Laira", built in 1870 at Sunderland. She was first registered in Plymouth and seems to have arrived in Australasia when her registration was transferred to Auckland in 1882. On 2 April 1898 when she was owned in Dunedin, she was in a colli

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Ship Details

Rig

Iron barque

Built

1870

Built In

Tonnage

492

Built By

Dimensions

156.1 x 27.3 x 16.6

Demise

J.Paterson, reg. Dunedin.

VoyagesView Full List

16 January 1896 ➜ 7 March 1896

Port Natal - Port Adelaide

1 March 1893 ➜ 15 April 1893

Port Elizabeth - Port Adelaide

1908 ➜ 26 August 1908

Kaipara, NZ - Port Adelaide

1892 ➜ 29 October 1892

Fremantle - Port Augusta

London - New Zealand

Description

Seven voyages

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LAIRA

Iron Barque, "Laira", built in 1870 at Sunderland. She was first registered in Plymouth and seems to have arrived in Australasia when her registration was transferred to Auckland in 1882. On 2 April 1898 when she was owned in Dunedin, she was in a colli

Sources

Reference

Précis of passages, including account of race from Oamaru, New Zealand to London with Glasgow bark, "Oban Bay", 1891 in Sir Henry Brett - White Wings, Volume 1 (Auckland 1924)

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