TINTERN ABBEY

CHARTERED TO SHAW SAVILL & CO. SHE WAS A VESSEL OF 1346 TONS.  IN 1875 SHE  LEFT LONDON ON 7TH JANUARY ARRIVING AT CANTERBURY 116 DAYS LATER ON 3RD MAY 1875, SHE HAD ENCOUNTERED A SEVERE STORM IN THE BAY OF BISCAY, HAVING  HER STARBOARD LIFEBOAT WASHED AWAY. HER MASTER AT THIS STAGE WAS CAPTAIN P STEVENS. SHE CARRIED 309 PASSENGERS ( ON ASSISTED PASSAGES ) EIGHTEEN PEOPLE DIED ON THE JOURNEY OUT, MAINLY YOUNG CHILDREN. SHE ALSO BOUGHT OUT ENGLISH GARDEN BIRDS I.E GOLD FINCHES, STARLINGS, BLACKBIRDS, PARTRIDGES ETC,  EIGHTY PERCENT OF THEM SURVIVING THE JOURNEY.