THE ASSAYE
CRAFT THAT WENT MISSIN(
The barque Aeaaye completed only one voyagp to New Zealand. She was buiU in" 1308, and owned by Mr. .T. Stewart, of Greenoek. During the operation of the Vogel immigration scheme sT>e was chartered by the N.Z. Shipping Co.. and sailed from London for Auckland on the 12th September under Captain MrRitchie. She arrived there on the 26th December, 1874, making the passage isi 114 days. The Assaye does not appear to have entered upon further passages to the Dominion until IS9O. She sailed from London on the J9th February of that year, bound for Wellington. She was spoken on the Equator on the 16th March, and was never afterwards heard of. She was. posted at Lloyd's some months later as missing. About sjx months after she left London some ■wreckage marked with the name Assaye. was found on the Chatham Islands, also
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Auckland Star, Volume LV, Issue 76, 29 March 1924, Page 17
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149THE ASSAYE Auckland Star, Volume LV, Issue 76, 29 March 1924, Page 17
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