Duke of Edinburgh
Ship: 1117 tons
Captain: Mosey
Surgeon Superintendent:
Sailed London 17th July 1874 - arrived Lyttleton 1st November 1874
The Duke of Edinburgh, a vessel of
1117 tons, was built in 1867 made three trips to New Zealand from England. Her first was
to Wellington in 1873. The following year she visited Lyttelton leaving the Old Country on
July 18, and reached her destination on November 1, the time occupied being 106 days.
After being detained nine days in the Channel she left Start Point on July 27, and then
had favourable weather up to the 15th of October, the top-gallant sails never having been
taken in between these two dates. She them struck a terrific gale from the W.S.W. The
Snares was reached on October 27.
White Wings - Sir Henry Brett
| Name | Age | County | Occupation | |
| Families and Children | ||||
| Argyle | William | 28 | Leicester | Farm Labourer |
| Jemima | 28 | |||
| Elizabeth | 11 | |||
| Emily | 6 | |||
| Thomas | 4 | |||
| George | 2 | |||
| Chapman | 5 months | Died on board 17/10/1874 Convulsions |
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| Booth | John | 23 | Durham | Fitter |
| Ann | 22 | |||
| Sarah A. | 7 months | |||
| William | 14 | Trans to s/m | ||
| Brown | Albert | 30 | Middlesex | Coachman |
| Ellen | 22 | |||
| William | 1 | |||
| Holmes | Isabella | 18 | Trans to s/w | Travelling with Brown |
| Buckley | William | 33 | Yorkshire | Miner |
| Catherine | 36 | |||
| Luke | 10 | |||
| Henry | 7 | |||
| Willaim | 5 | |||
| John | 3 | |||
| Martha | 2 months | |||
| Hewitt | William | 18 | Trans to s/m | Travelling with Buckley |
| Burris | James | 26 | Monmouth | Labourer |
| Harriet | 22 | |||
| Male child | Infant | Born on board 04/10/1874 | ||
| Coombridge | John | 30 | Middlesex | Labourer |
| Frances E. | 30 | |||
| William | 8 | |||
| Sarah E. | 5 | |||
| Helen F. | 4 | |||
| Emma J. | 2 | |||
| Lilian A. | 10 months | |||
| Corbet | William | 22 | Isle of Man | Farm Labourer |
| Mary A. | 21 | |||
| William Edward | 1¾ | |||
| John James | 7 months | |||
| Male child | Infant | Born on board 01/10/1874 Infant weighed 11½ lb. |
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| Cull | John | 26 | Worchestershire | Plumber |
| Harriet | 24 | |||
| Curry | Samuel | 34 | Tyrone | Farm Labourer |
| Jane | 30 | |||
| Martha | 12 | Trans to s/w | ||
| Robert | 10 | |||
| James | 8 | |||
| Lizzie | 5 | |||
| Samuel | 8 months | |||
| Dupuy | James | 35 | Middlesex | Labourer |
| Martha | 35 | |||
| Efford | John A. | 60 | Devon | Pensioner |
| Mary | 61 | |||
| William | 21 | Trans to s/m | ||
| Farrell | Christoper | 36 | Essex | Carpenter |
| Selina | 30 | |||
| Walter | 6 | |||
| Arthur | 4 | |||
| Gager | Thomas | 24 | Essex | Farm Labourer |
| Charlotte | 24 | |||
| Gleeson | John | 29 | Cambridge | Stoker |
| Hannah | 29 | |||
| John M. | 10 | |||
| Harry | 9 | |||
| Herbert | 6 | |||
| Rose C. | 4 | |||
| Willie | 1 | |||
| Green | John William | 24 | Surrey | Shoe Blocker |
| Eliza | 21 | |||
| Ada E. | 4 months | |||
| Hill | William | 35 | Middlesex | Labourer |
| Annie | 27 | |||
| Eleanor | 5 | |||
| Hitchings | James | 30 | Glostershire | Shoemaker |
| Mary A. | 30 | |||
| B. George | 4 | |||
| Albina | 2 | |||
| Francis John | 1 | |||
| Hodd | Henry | 32 | Somerset | Stonemason |
| Frances W. | 31 | |||
| Mahon | Archibald | 38 | Leitrim | Schoolmaster |
| Mary J. | 34 | |||
| Robert | 13 | Trans to s/m | ||
| Margaret A. | 12 | Trans to s/w | ||
| Jane | 10 | |||
| Arthur | 9 | |||
| William S. | 7 | |||
| Sarah J. | 6 | |||
| Ellen A. | 5 | |||
| John F. | 3 | |||
| Charles J. | 1 | |||
| Mamfold | Thomas | 37 | Stafford | Tailor |
| Selina | 40 | |||
| Thomas William | 6 | |||
| George | 5 | |||
| Anna E. | 4 | |||
| Selina | 1 | |||
| Dorothy | 4 months | |||
| Mardon | William | 41 | Devon | Labourer |
| Mary | 42 | |||
| Tom | 16 | Trans to s/m | ||
| Mary E. | 13 | Trans to s/w | ||
| John William | 11 | |||
| Henry | 9 | |||
| Charles | 7 | |||
| Frederick James | 5 | |||
| Richard | 3 | |||
| Andrew R. | 11 months | |||
| McIntosh | Archibald | 43 | Inverness | Farm Labourer |
| Janet | 40 | |||
| Ann | 16 | Trans to s/w | ||
| Jessie | 15 | Trans to s/w | ||
| Elizabeth | 14 | Trans to s/w | ||
| Catherine | 12 | Trans to s/w | ||
| Alexander | 8 | |||
| John | 5 | |||
| Mary | 2 | |||
| McLeod | William | 44 | Inverness | Crofter |
| Mary | 40 | |||
| Alexander | 15 | Trans to s/m | ||
| Maria | 13 | Trans s/w | ||
| John | 7 | |||
| Donald | 3 months | |||
| Myhill | George | 36 | Norfolk | Farm Labourer |
| Mary | 34 | |||
| Mary E. | 9 | |||
| John r. | 6 | |||
| W. Harrison | 2 | |||
| Owens | Philip | 38 | Worchestershire | Labourer |
| Esther | 38 | |||
| William | 2 | |||
| Esther | 6 months | |||
| Parker | Francis S. | 29 | Devon | Tailor |
| Jane | 29 | |||
| Sarah J. | 7 | |||
| Caroline | 5 | |||
| Francis G. | 2 | |||
| William G. | 3 months | |||
| Ratler | Peter | 25 | Shetland | Farm Labourer |
| Margaret | 25 | |||
| Female child | Infant | Born on board 26/10/1874 | ||
| Read | Joseph | 31 | Cornwall | Farm Labourer |
| Elizabeth A. | 25 | |||
| Robinson | William | 23 | Tyrone | Plumber |
| Mary | 19 | |||
| Rowe | John W. | 38 | Pembroke | Teacher & General Carpenter |
| Mary S. | 34 | |||
| Louisa B. | 14 | Trans to s/w | ||
| William | 12 | Trans to s/m | ||
| Francis Henry | 8 | |||
| Gertrude | 6 | |||
| Eva M. | 4 | |||
| John A. | 18 months | |||
| Ryan | John | 44 | Tipperary | Shepherd |
| Julia | 44 | |||
| Edmund | 21 | Trans to s/m | ||
| Bridget | 15 | Trans to s/w | ||
| Ellen | 10 | |||
| Sabistan | David | 43 | Orkney | Labourer |
| Elizabeth | 38 | |||
| Ann | 5 | |||
| Felles | 3 | |||
| Spooner | George Frederick | 30 | Worcestershire | Carriage Maker |