THE OSPREYS.
ANoldcolonisiwn:t'e*sH-"Ne, 1 wssathree? masted. EngM-hvulfc schooner owned by Ca^tiaw fleale and the late Dudley Sinclair, wbjiuu. 1842 and 1843 were in partnewiup,:. •?; I believe Dudley Sinclair west from he*£ftfr sft£ China in hor and returned in 1843'.\-:J3H<£:. left Auckland about the end of 1844,;iindi; / has not been here since. No; 2 was aman^ -j£ of-.war brig, 10 gun*,- and was lost'ai2^ False Hokianga, in 1845. Hor fignw^ head was placed on the top of » public-house in High-street, which i vasf '■' burnt in the large fire, I think, ol 185*1 ffi The figure-head at th> North Sbore'^bei ?-AJon&ed to~ the: br,ig Moa» nat H.M.'*rjg*. -' Osprey." No, 3, the schooner Oeprey M that came from Sas. Francieco, so far as: I '' can, remember, was a two-ma«iW.'.ri Amerioan-built schooner, rig fore aa»t,a!t*.' : great bea,m, very long mattß. Sic cam«"'' ' here from San Francisco withost any mail , or newspapers, and I believe M-as owned Jy 'M the master and the mate. They purehaseo .' a cargo of potatoo?»and got away beforeit'y" was known hsre that potatoes were in greats?: demand at San Francisco. It is poaeibTi.-. C; that this vesael mq.y have come out to iMjk\:£j; bournQ; under the American flag, been sold there, sailed for San Francisco, and theft come here.—H." •
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Auckland Star, Volume XXVI, Issue 4520, 24 November 1884, Page 2
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