SHOOTING STAR

SHE WAS A VESSEL OF 1,160 TONS,WITH A WOODEN HULL AND HAD BEEN BUILT AT QUEBEC.SHE WAS CHARTERED BY THE WHITE STAR LINE, FROM CURRIE AND CO OF LIVERPOOL. ON THE 11TH AUGUST 1859 SHE LEFT LIVERPOOL, BOUND FOR AUCKLAND, ARRIVING ON THE 30TH NOVEMBER. SHE BROUGHT OUT 173 PASSENGERS, ARRIVING IN AUCKLAND WITH CONSIDERABLE STORM DAMAGE.THE SHIPS MASTER ON THIS VOYAGE WAS CAPTAIN ALLEN.

THERE WAS ANOTHER VESSEL NAMED SHOOTING STAR, A VESSEL OF 422 TONS.SHE ALSO DID A VOYAGE FROM THE U.K TO AUCKLAND, BUT IN 1874, HAVING LEFT THE U.K ON 23RD DECEMBER, ARRIVING IN AUCKLAND ON 17TH MAY 1875. THE SHIPS MASTER FOR THIS VOYAGE WAS CAPTAIN GILLIES.

ONE OF THESE VESSELS WAS CHARTERED BY SHAW SAVILLE & CO, BUT I AM NOT SURE WHICH ONE OR OF THE DATE.