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NAPIER / JAMES NICOL FLEMMING

BUILT IN 1869 AS THE JAMES NICOL FLEMMING.SHE WAS 1,050 TONS. SHE WAS RE-NAMED 'NAPIER' IN 1878. IN 1881 SHE WAS SOLD TO J HOSSACK OF LIVERPOOL.

 


 

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NAPIER

THE WHITE STAR LINE CHARTERED A VESSEL FROM PARK BROTHERS ( LONDON ) CALLED "NAPIER" IN 1864, AND AGAIN THE FOLLOWING YEAR IN 1865. ON BOTH OCCASIONS SHE VISITED AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND.THIS VESSEL HAD BEEN BUILT IN WEST HARTLEPOOL IN 1863 BY PILE & CO. SHE WAS A VESSEL 572 TONS WITH AN IRON HULL.

 

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