OAMARU / FOX

LAUNCHED IN 1874 FOR PATRICK HENDERSON'S ALBION LINE. SHE WAS ONE OF EIGHT SUCH VESSELS. HER SISTERS SHIPS BEING TIMARU,DUNEDIN,AUCKLAND,WELLINGTON, NELSON,INVERCARGILL AND CANTERBURY .INITIALLY OAMARU AND TIMARU WERE TO HAVE BEEN NAMED 'SCOTIA' AND 'ALBION', BUT THE NAMES WERE CHANGED BEFORE THE SHIPS WERE LAUNCHED.SOLD IN 1905 AND RENAMED ' FOX '