Name |
JOHN WESLEY |
Construction |
WOOD; COMPOSITE |
Type |
SCHOONER |
Date |
1867 |
Official Number |
56793 |
Description |
Yard Number: 251 Date of Build/Launch: April 1867 Rig: SCHOONER Builder's List: Owners London Missionary Society, Port of Registry London, Contract Price £3,480 Lloyd's Register of Shipping: 1867-68, 1868-69, 1872-73: Master J. Shields; Owner E. Hoole & Co.; Port of Registry London; Destined Voyage London - Australia; Iron Frame Planked. 1874-75, 1875-76, 1880-81: Master J. Mansell; Owners Wesleyan Missionary Society; Port of Registry London; Port of Survey Sydney; Schooner 1874-75; Barque 1875-76; Brig 1880-81. 1882-83, 1884-85: Master J. Mansell; Owners F. D. Walker; Port Belonging to Sydney. 1898-99: Master J. Krumling 96; Owners Jaluit Gesell Schaft; Port of Registry Hamburg. Sydney Empire, 22/11/1867: John Wesley, schooner, departed 21 November for South Sea Islands. Brisbane Courier, 22/12/1881: Sydney - Missionary schooner JOHN WESLEY, arrived from Tonga, reports very serious earthquake Tongataboo. Sydney Morning Herald, 09/10/1885: JOHN WESLEY, brig, departure 9 October for Tonga and Samoa. Barrier Miner (Broken Hill), 27/01/1892: Loongoona, schooner, arrived from the Islands, reports schooner JOHN WESLEY is missing and that fears of the worst are entertained. Vessel being considerably overdue at the Marshall Group [but see Lloyd's Register entry 1898-99]. Lloyd's Register 1910-11: No reference. |
Shipbuilder |
A. HALL & Co. |
Dimensions |
length 118' x breadth 23.9' x depth 13.5' gross tonnage 238 tons |
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