MYSTERY

MYSTERY WAS BUILT IN 1854 AT BOSTON,MASS.SHE WAS PURCHASED BY PILKINGTON & WILSON ( WHO STARTED THE ORIGINAL WHITE STAR LINE ) SOMETIME IN 1854,POSSIBLY DIRECT FROM THE BUILDERS.SHE WAS A VESSEL OF 1069 TONS.SHE MADE THREE VOYAGES TO NEW ZEALAND.THE FIRST UNDER THE COMMAND OF CAPTAIN MATTHEWS.SAILING FROM LONDON 29TH DECEMBER 1858 DOWN TO LYTTELTON,ARRIVING ON MARCH 20TH 1859.THREE HUNDRED IMMIGRANTS WERE ONBOARD, FIFTEEN DIED AS SMALLPOX AND SCARLET FEVER BROKE OUT SHORTLY AFTER DEPARTING FROM LONDON.THE SECOND VOYAGE TO NEW ZEALAND WAS UNDER THE COMMAND OF CAPTAIN STRAPP,IN 1862. SAILING FROM LONDON TO LYYTLETON.IN 1864 SHE SAILED FROM LONDON TO PORT CHALMERS,WITH CAPTAIN STRAPP STILL IN COMMAND