Oamaru
Ship: 1306 tons
Captain: Stuart
Surgeon Superintendent:
Sailed Glasgow 24th October 1877 - arrived Bluff 13th January 1878
                                                                                             Port Chalmers 18th January 1878

The Oamaru was a handsome, fairly fast, and most comfortable iron ship. She made no less than 24 complete voyages to New Zealand and Home again, landing hundreds of immigrants at all the principle ports. On the voyage to Bluff in 1878 the Oamaru encountered very severe gales the day after her departure, and they continued for eight days, during which the ship made but little progress. The Oamaru in 1905 was sold and renamed the Fox, and rigged as a barque. She was eventually abandoned at sea, timber-laden, off Pensacola, USA.
White Wings - Sir Henry Brett