MELITA

THE MELITA WAS A VESSEL OF 914 TONS.SHAW SAVILLE & CO CHARTERED HER FOR FIVE VOYAGES TO NEW ZEALAND. HER FIRST VOYAGE FOR THEM WAS IN 1866 LEAVING GLASGOW IN JULY AND ARRIVING IN PORT CHALMERS IN NOVEMBER OF 1866. THE PICTURE ABOVE SHOWS MELITA MOORED IN FRONT OF NELSON.