DALLAM TOWER

DALLAM TOWER WAS AN IRON CLIPPER VESSEL OF 1500 TONS. SHE WAS OWNED BY THE LANCASTER SHIPOWNERS COMPANY, BUT WAS CHARTERED TO SHAW SAVILL & CO. IN 1873 SHE LEFT LONDON BOUND FOR PORT CHALMERS. NEAR KERGUELAN ISLAND SHE ENCOUNTERED HURRICANE FORCE WINDS, WHICH TOOK ONE OF HER YARDS AWAY . THE VESSELS MASTER TRIED TO HEAVE -TO, BUT THE VESSEL ALL BUT CAPSIZED AND WENT RIGHT OVER ONTO HER SIDE, MAKING IT NECESSARY TO CUT AWAY THE MAST.THE VESSEL " CAPE CLEAR " CAME UPON HER A FEW DAYS LATER AND TOOK SOME OF THE PASSENGERS ABOARD.DALLAM TOWER CONSTRUCTED A JURY RIG, AND THE MASTER WAS ABLE TO SAIL THE VESSEL TO MELBOURNE, NEARLY 2000 MILES AWAY.