THE OSPREY.

Evening Star, Issue 6775, 15 December 1884, Page 4

THE OSPREY.

TO THE EDITOR. Sir,—As there ia ao much interest taken at present in any information regarding the Osprey, the following may prove of special note :-Intho latter part of 1852 William Chambers, a well-known rerident of Port Chalmers, but now residing in Dunedin, shipped as second mate on board the Osprey, then lying at Geelong, the vessel having lately arrived from England. Ho made two voyages from Geelong to Sydney, and on the second trip loft heronarrival atGeelong,some time in Drcember, 1852, This vessel made ano'.bcr trip to Sydney, and on her return was laid up for several months. She afterwards left for a foreign port. What eventually became of the seho ner Chambers does not know. The master’s name was Hansen, who nine years ago was in the service of the Pert Philip Harbor Board. The mate’s name was Moore, son of Mr Moore, who owned a jetty in Sydney Harber, known at that time as Moore’s Wharf. In addition to the foregoing Chambers informs me that in the year 1862 ho partly owned a schooner named the Pilot of Geelong, and wishing to bring her to Otago he engaged a Captain Honeyman to navigate the vessel. In the course of conversation during the voyage Honeyman told Chambers that he had brought the Osprey from England to Geelong, and had picked up a boat at sea on the voyage out.—l am, etc., Robert Andrew. Dunedin, December 15.