HELEN DENNY

BUILT IN GLASGOW BY ROBERT DUNCAN AND LAUNCHED IN 1866, FOR PATRICK HENDERSON'S ALBION LINE. HER OFFICIAL NUMBER WAS 56168. SHE WAS A VESSEL OF 728 TONS. SHE WAS PURCHASED BY SHAW SAVILL & CO FROM THE ALBION LINE IN 1873. BETWEEN 1875 AND 1882 THE SHIPS MASTER WAS CAPTAIN WILLIAM RUTHE ( EXCEPT BRIEFLY IN 1879 WHEN CAPTAIN CARNELL COMMANDED ) FROM 1883 TO 1887 SHE WAS COMMANDED BY CAPTAIN JAMES.SHE WAS SOLD TO TURNBULL & CO OF NEW ZEALAND IN 1896. ( I ALSO HAVE A REFERENCE TO HER AS HAVING BEEN SOLD TO CAPTAIN  F HOLM OF WELLINGTON, NEW ZEALAND IN THE SAME YEAR ) SHE WAS THEN SOLD TO THE PAPAROA COAL COMPANY.