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* London to Wellington/Auckland - sailed 13 June 1859 arrived Wellington 13 September and Auckland 26 September under Captain Stevens (she was noted as the largest vessel to sail for New Zealand to that date<ref>By electric telegraph - Arrival of the ''Salsette'' at Adelaide, Wellington Independent, Volume XV, Issue 1347, 19 July 1859, Page 6</ref>)
* London to Wellington/Auckland - sailed 13 June 1859 arrived Wellington 13 September and Auckland 26 September under Captain Stevens (she was noted as the largest vessel to sail for New Zealand to that date<ref>By electric telegraph - Arrival of the ''Salsette'' at Adelaide, Wellington Independent, Volume XV, Issue 1347, 19 July 1859, Page 6</ref>)
* Auckland to London via [[Callao]] and the [[Chincha Islands]] - sailed 18 October 1859<ref>Shipping Intelligence - Port of Auckland, Daily Southern Cross, Volume XVI, Issue 1262, 21 October 1859, Page 2</ref> Her cargo was [[guano]] from Chincha.<ref>Shipping, Colonist, Volume III, Issue 213, 4 November 1859, Page 2</ref>
* Auckland to London via [[Callao]] and the [[Chincha Islands]] - sailed 18 October 1859<ref>Shipping Intelligence - Port of Auckland, Daily Southern Cross, Volume XVI, Issue 1262, 21 October 1859, Page 2</ref> Her cargo was [[guano]] from Chincha.<ref>Shipping, Colonist, Volume III, Issue 213, 4 November 1859, Page 2</ref>
* Bristol to Lyttleton - sailed 4 September 1860 arrived Lyttelton 1 December. [[James Fitzgerald]] was a passenger on this journey.<ref>Disturbances in Syria, Nelson Examiner and New Zealand Chronicle, Volume XIX, Issue 88, 27 October 1860, Page 4</ref>
* Bristol to Lyttleton - sailed 4 September 1860 arrived Lyttelton 1 December. [[James Fitzgerald]] was a passenger on this journey.<ref>Disturbances in Syria, Nelson Examiner and New Zealand Chronicle, Volume XIX, Issue 88, 27 October 1860, Page 4</ref> Fitzgerald's voyage was paid by the Provincial Government and cost ₤260 for a cabin for him, his wife, and their five children. In contrast the total cost for all the emigrants was ₤1,025. She carried 293 passengers of which most were under the auspices of the Emigration Commissioners.<ref>Shipping Intelligence, Wellington Independent, Volume XV, Issue 1475, 27 November 1860, Page 2</ref><ref>Provincial Gazette, Lyttelton Times, Volume XV, Issue 891, 25 May 1861, Page 3</ref>
Fitzgerald's voyage was paid by the Provincial Government and cost ₤260 for a cabin for him, his wife, and their five children. In contrast the total cost for all the emigrants was ₤1,025. She carried 293 passengers of which most were under the auspices of the Emigration Commissioners.<ref>Shipping Intelligence, Wellington Independent, Volume XV, Issue 1475, 27 November 1860, Page 2</ref><ref>Provincial Gazette, Lyttelton Times, Volume XV, Issue 891, 25 May 1861, Page 3</ref>
* Lyttelton to [[Guam]] - sailed 31 December 1860<ref>Shipping News, Lyttelton Times, Volume XV, Issue 850, 2 January 1861, Page 4</ref>
* Lyttelton to [[Guam]] - sailed 31 December 1860<ref>Shipping News, Lyttelton Times, Volume XV, Issue 850, 2 January 1861, Page 4</ref>
* [[Plymouth]] to Lyttelton - sailed 20 November 1861 arrived Lyttelton 10 February 1862
* [[Plymouth]] to Lyttelton - sailed 20 November 1861 arrived Lyttelton 10 February 1862

Revision as of 04:37, 17 September 2014

The Matoaka was a full rigged 1092 ton wooden American ship built in 1853 for Willis and Gann Co. She was sold to Shaw Savill Co by 1859.[1] Between 1859 and 1869 she made eight voyages to New Zealand. Her fastest run from Bristol to Lyttelton, New Zealand was 82 days in 1862. On 13 May 1869 she left Lyttelton for London under Captain Alfred Stevens with 45 passengers and 32 crew but was never seen again.[2] In 1865 she was classed as 1322 tons.

First voyage to New Zealand

The Matoaka first sailed with about 100 passengers from London to New Zealand under Captain Stevens on 13 June 1859 on the clipper route. She arrived at Wellington on 13 September and then sailed north to Auckland on 17 September 1859. Off Castlepoint she ran into a northerly gale which split several of her sails and forced her to hove-to for twelve hours.[3]

The migrants on board the Matoaka included Thomas Ball. His family and a group of some 80 migrants he had gathered together had arranged settle at Mangonui under Government sponsored land grants.[4] On arrival the 40 acre men as the land grant migrants were know found that the Government had changed its regulations and instead of being allocated land they had to bid for it. This caused an outcry.[5]

Icebergs

On 25 December 1866 while sailing from London to Lyttelton she sailed into a vast feild of ice-bergs at 48.32 south 114.40 east in the South Indian Ocean in about near Kerguelen Island. Some of the bergs were described as 300ft to 400ft in height.[6]

Bird life

Captain Stevens brought out English song birds for the Canterbury Acclimatisation Society. On 10 January 1867 he arrived with a large number of starlings, larks, blackbirds, thrushes, pheasants, and partridges. He followed this in 1878 with twelve pairs of thrushes, 77 pairs of blackbirds, 22 house sparrows, 7 redpoles, 1 yellow-hammer, 1 pair bramble finches, and 1 robin.

List of voyages

  • Liverpool to Sydney - sailed on 21 February 1855[7]
  • London to Wellington/Auckland - sailed 13 June 1859 arrived Wellington 13 September and Auckland 26 September under Captain Stevens (she was noted as the largest vessel to sail for New Zealand to that date[8])
  • Auckland to London via Callao and the Chincha Islands - sailed 18 October 1859[9] Her cargo was guano from Chincha.[10]
  • Bristol to Lyttleton - sailed 4 September 1860 arrived Lyttelton 1 December. James Fitzgerald was a passenger on this journey.[11] Fitzgerald's voyage was paid by the Provincial Government and cost ₤260 for a cabin for him, his wife, and their five children. In contrast the total cost for all the emigrants was ₤1,025. She carried 293 passengers of which most were under the auspices of the Emigration Commissioners.[12][13]
  • Lyttelton to Guam - sailed 31 December 1860[14]
  • Plymouth to Lyttelton - sailed 20 November 1861 arrived Lyttelton 10 February 1862
  • Lyttleton to Guam - sailed 8 March 1862[15]
  • London to Port Chalmers - sailed 10 April 1863[16] arrived Port Chalmers 4 July 1863 with the Reverand Thomas H Campbell, Head Master of Dunedin High School and several High School Masters.[17] While taking their children and belongings on the Favourite from the Matoaka to Dunedin the Campbell family were drowned in a collision between the Favourite and the Pride of Yarra in Port Chalmers harbour.[18]
  • Port Chalmers to Callao - sailed 23 August 1863[19]
  • London to Auckland - sailed 17 September 1864 arrived Auckland 3 January 1865 under Captain W C Barnett. Bought a silver cup donated by Shaw Savill for cargo boats competing in the Auckland Regatta.[20] This cup was first competed for in the 25th New Zealand anniversary Auckland Regatta.[21] While in port a seaman, Isaac Isaacson, deserted the ship, was arrested in sentanced to three months imprisonment.[22] There were two further deserters, William Thomas and William Lloyd, the ended in prison.[23]
  • Auckland to Point de Galle - sailed 22 January 1865[24] and arrived 19 July 1865[25]
  • Point de Galle to London via Calcutta - sailed 6 September 1865[26] - sailed from Calcutta 25 February 1866
  • London to Lyttelton - sailed 7 October 1866 arrived Lyttleton 10 January 1867 under Captain Stevens.ref>Shipping, Lyttelton Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 1891, 11 January 1867, Page 2</ref> Encountered a large field of ice-bergs in the Southern Ocean.
  • Lyttelton to London - 2 May 1867 with a cargo of wool and wheat[27],ref>Canterbury wheat in England, Southland Times , Issue 745, 4 November 1867, Page 3</ref>
  • London to Lyttelton - sailed 16 November 1867 arrived Lyttleton 11 February 1868. Captain Stevens bought a second shipment of birds for the Acclimatisation Society on this voyage.[28]
  • Lyttelton to Sydney - sailed April/May 1868
  • Sydney to London - sailed 10 May 1868 [29]
  • London to Lyttelton - sailed 12 November 1868 arrived Lyttleton 8 February 1869
  • Lyttelton to London - sailed 13 May 1869 - missing without trace

References

  1. ^ English shipping, Lyttelton Times, Volume XII, Issue 709, 24 August 1859, Page 4
  2. ^ http://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-Bre01Whit-t1-body-d102.html
  3. ^ Shipping Intelligence. Port of Auckland, Daily Southern Cross, Volume XVI, Issue 1255, 27 September 1859, Page 3
  4. ^ http://www.teara.govt.nz/en/biographies/2b4/ball-thomas
  5. ^ Auckland monthly summary, From the 25th September to the 25th October, Daily Southern Cross, Volume XVI, Issue 1263, 25 October 1859, Page 3
  6. ^ Untitled, Press, Volume XI, Issue 1305, 12 January 1867, Page 2
  7. ^ Shipping intelligence, Nelson Examiner and New Zealand Chronicle, Volume XIV, Issue 20, 6 June 1855, Page 2
  8. ^ By electric telegraph - Arrival of the Salsette at Adelaide, Wellington Independent, Volume XV, Issue 1347, 19 July 1859, Page 6
  9. ^ Shipping Intelligence - Port of Auckland, Daily Southern Cross, Volume XVI, Issue 1262, 21 October 1859, Page 2
  10. ^ Shipping, Colonist, Volume III, Issue 213, 4 November 1859, Page 2
  11. ^ Disturbances in Syria, Nelson Examiner and New Zealand Chronicle, Volume XIX, Issue 88, 27 October 1860, Page 4
  12. ^ Shipping Intelligence, Wellington Independent, Volume XV, Issue 1475, 27 November 1860, Page 2
  13. ^ Provincial Gazette, Lyttelton Times, Volume XV, Issue 891, 25 May 1861, Page 3
  14. ^ Shipping News, Lyttelton Times, Volume XV, Issue 850, 2 January 1861, Page 4
  15. ^ Shipping intelligence, Lyttelton Times, Volume XVII, Issue 974, 12 March 1862, Page 4
  16. ^ Port Chalmers, Otago Daily Times , 29 June 1863, Page 3
  17. ^ By electric telegraph, Otago Daily Times , Issue 480, 4 July 1863, Page 4
  18. ^ Fatal steam-boat collision, Otago Daily Times, Issue 481, 6 July 1863, Page 5
  19. ^ Shipping Intelligence, Otago Daily Times , Issue 523, 24 August 1863, Page 4
  20. ^ The Ministry, New Zealand Herald, Volume II, Issue 328, 24 November 1864, Page 5
  21. ^ 25th Anniversary of the Colony, New Zealand Herald, Volume II, Issue 380, 31 January 1865, Page 4
  22. ^ Military, New Zealand Herald, Volume II, Issue 362, 10 January 1865, Page 5
  23. ^ The Provincial Council, Daily Southern Cross, Volume XXI, Issue 2340, 19 January 1865, Page 4
  24. ^ Shipping Intelligence, New Zealand Herald, Volume II, Issue 400, 23 February 1865, Page 4
  25. ^ Port of Kaipara, New Zealand Herald, Volume II, Issue 554, 22 August 1865, Page 4
  26. ^ Port of Auckland, Daily Southern Cross, Volume XXI, Issue 2579, 24 October 1865, Page 4
  27. ^ Shipping, Lyttelton Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 1987, 3 May 1867, Page 2
  28. ^ Shipping, Press, Volume XII, Issue 1642, 12 February 1868, Page 2
  29. ^ Sydney shipping, Daily Southern Cross, Volume XXIV, Issue 3389, 27 May 1868, Page 2
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