Wild Duck
Ship: 737 tons
Captain: Baillie
Surgeon Superintendent:
Sailed London November 2nd 1870 - arrived Wellington ? 1871
Nelson February 4th 1871
The Wild Duck was charted in "the
sixties" by Shaw Savill & Co and ran almost exclusively to Wellington, with one
trip to Auckland and one to Nelson. Immediately following the voyage to Nelson, she
proceeded to Timaru where she was nearly capsized during a heavy gale. This voyage out in
1873 was her last to the colony.
White Wings - Sir Henry Brett
| Name | Age | County | Occupation | |
| Steerage Passengers | ||||
| Families and Children | ||||
| cameron | Donald | 34 | ||
| Ann M | 27 | |||
| Flora | 8 | |||
| Donald | 6 | |||
| Ann | 5 | Died on board | ||
| Margaret | 2 | Died on board | ||
| Matthews | George | 1 | ||
| Charlotte | ||||
| Thomas | 13 | |||
| 13 | ||||
| Charlotte | 8 | |||
| Single Men | ||||
| Dickens | Thomas | 16 | ||
| Huddleston | Charles K B | 22 | ||
| Knaiston | Samuel | |||
| Mills | John | 30 | ||
| Murrell | Edward | 25 | ||
| Shortt | John | 14 | ||
| Single Women | ||||
| Howell | Julia | 30 | ||
| Elizabeth | 7 | |||
Copyright Denise & Peter 2001
Reference:
Archives New Zealand
