TA'WERA

Shipbuildervessel built by DUTHIE (Footdee, Aberdeen)

DateJune 1860

Object NameSCHOONER

MediumWOOD

ClassificationsShip

Dimensionslength 107' x breadth 24.5' x depth 14'
gross tonnage 232 tons

Object numberABDSHIP000530

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: Alexander Duthie & Co.
Official Number: 28858

Fate: unknown, last in Lloyd's 1881 (T93)

Propulsion: Sail
Description: Schooner rigged clipper

Owners:
1861-65: Graham & Co, Auckland, New Zealand
1866-76: Brander, registered at Tahiti
(no owner given after 1876)

Masters:
1861-65: Master A. Walker
1866-79: Master G. Bowles
(no master given for entries in 1879-81)

Voyages: (from Lloyd's Register):
1861-65: Aberdeen - New Zealand
1866-73: London - Tahiti

General History:
06/06/1860:
Launch - There was launched from the building yard of Messrs A. Duthie & Co, on Saturday last, a clipper schooner, named "TEAWERA" (a word which, in the Maori dialect, means Morning Star). This vessel in 232 tons register - 294 builders' measurement. She is the property of Messrs Graham & Co., Auckland, New Zealand, and will trade between that port and Sydney, N.S.W. The "TEAWERA" will both sail fast and carry well.
(Aberdeen Journal)

11/04/1861:
TA'WERA, schooner, Captain Walker, cleared Sydney for Rockhampton [Queensland].
(Sydney Empire)

23/10/1861:
TA'WERA, schooner, 232 tons, Bowles Master, cleared Sydney for Tahiti. Eleven cabin passengers included Mrs Bowles, in steerage two plus seven South Sea Islands natives.
(Sydney Empire)

21/11/1864:
TA'WERA, schooner, Bowles, for Tahiti ex Sydney, passengers include Mrs Bowles.
(Sydney Empire)

05/09/1882:
Arrived at Victoria.
(Evening Bulletin (Honolulu))

23/09/1884:
Loading at Tahiti for San Francisco.
(Daily Alto California)

Note: Brig rigged from 1866