Crusader (1865 ship)
Crusader was 1,058-ton iron clipper ship. She built for John Lidgett & Sons, Indian traders of London, by Charles Connell and Co of Glasgow and launched in March 1865 (yard number 26).[1][2]
Dimensions
The clipper had a length of 210 feet (64 m), a beam of 35.1 feet (10.7 m), and a draft of 21.4 feet (6.5 m).[2]
Ownership
In 1869 Lidgett's sold her to the Albion Line. At this time she was painted black with a yellow streak. The Albion Line merged with Shaw Savill in 1883 and by then her portholes were painted. In 1898 she was sold to a Norwegian company, Daniel Steen, of Kristiania Oslo for £2,950.[3]
Use
From 1865 to 1869 she was used by Lidgetts on the London to India route. After her sale to Shaw Saville she was used on the London – New Zealand route to bring migrants to New Zealand. In total she made 28 voyages from Great Britain to New Zealand. Her average sailing time was 91 days. From 1874 to 1876 she was chartered by the New Zealand Shipping Company to take wool and grain to the United Kingdom.[4]
In late August 1886 the Crusader sailed from Wellington to Auckland to pick up more cargo before returning to London. While sailing past Taranaki she was caught in a northerly gale which nearly drove her onto the shore near New Plymouth. After losing a mizzen gallant mast and a complete set of sails, and having one of her anchors driven through her bow she managed to sail away from the land.[5]
Her final voyage from New Zealand was with a shipment of cargo from Port Chalmers on 11 February 1898.[6]
Voyages to New Zealand
| Departed | Arrived | Days | Captain | Destination |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05/02/1870 | 06/05/1870 | - | Robert Kerr | Melbourne[7] |
| 17/12/1870 | 13/03/1871 | 82 | Robert Kerr | Lyttleton[8] |
| 22/12/1871 | 31/03/1872 | 99 | Isaac Sutherland | Lyttleton[9] |
| 11/10/1872 | 05/01/1873 | 81 | Isaac Sutherland | Lyttleton[10] |
| 03/11/1873 | 01/02/1874 | 90 | Isaac Sutherland | Lyttleton[11] |
| 26/09/1874 | 31/12/1874 | 96 | Charles H Renaut | Lyttleton[12] |
| 31/10/1875 | 08/02/1876 | 99 | Charles H Renaut | Lyttleton[13] |
| 18/10/1876 | 13/01/1877 | 87 | Llewellyn Davies | Lyttleton[14] |
| 21/07/1877 | 21/10/1877 | 83 | Llewellyn Davies | Lyttleton[15] |
| 12/07/1878 | 11/10/1878 | 91 | Llewellyn Davies | Lyttleton[16] |
| 24/06/1879 | 24/09/1879 | 92 | Llewellyn Davies | Lyttleton[17] |
| 04/07/1880 | 07/10/1880 | 95 | Llewellyn Davies | Lyttleton[18] |
| 06/04/1881 | 04/07/1881 | Llewellyn Davies | Port Chalmers[19] | |
| 17/02/1882 | 22/05/1882 | Llewellyn Davies | Wellington[20] | |
| 15/12/1882 | 23/03/1883 | 98 | Llewellyn Davies | Lyttleton[21] |
| 06/02/1884 | 20/05/1884 | 102 | William Scotland | Auckland[22] |
| 01/03/1885 | 26/05/1885 | 83 | William Scotland | Auckland[23] |
| 28/03/1886 | 22/06/1886 | 87 | William Scotland | Wellington[24] |
| 11/05/1889 | 16/08/1889 | 97 | Perriam | Lyttleton |
Fate
The Crusader rigged down to a barque in 1905 and sold for scrap April 1910 in Dordrecht, Netherlands.[2]
Crusader Association
On the 50th anniversary of the 1874 voyage of the Crusader in 1925, The ship Crusader Association was formed for those who had migrated to New Zealand on her.[25][26][27]
References
- ^ Crusader (Ship : 1865-1898), National Library of New Zealand, retrieved 28 July 2024
- ^ a b c Iron full-rigged Crusader, retrieved 28 July 2024
- ^ Shaw, Savill & Albion, retrieved 28 July 2024
- ^ "Advertisements". Lyttleton Times. No. 4598. 8 November 1875. p. 1. Retrieved 29 July 2024 – via paperspast.natlib.govt.nz.
- ^ {{cite news |url = https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TH18860831.2.3.3%7C title = Shipping News | accessdate = 29 July 2024 |work=Taranaki Herald | via = paperspast.natlib.govt.nz |issue=7158 |date=31 August 1886 |page=2}
- ^ "Shipping News". Otago Witness. No. 2294. 17 February 1898. p. 38. Retrieved 29 July 2024 – via paperspast.natlib.govt.nz.
- ^ Shipping intelligence, The Argus, Melbourne, Australia, 7 May 1870, page 4, retrieved 29 July 2024
- ^ "Commercial". Lyttleton Times. No. 3172. 14 March 1871. p. 2. Retrieved 28 July 2024 – via paperspast.natlib.govt.nz.
- ^ "Shipping". Lyttleton Times. No. 3497. 1 April 1872. p. 2. Retrieved 28 July 2024 – via paperspast.natlib.govt.nz.
- ^ "Shipping". Lyttleton Times. No. 3731. 6 January 1873. p. 2. Retrieved 28 July 2024 – via paperspast.natlib.govt.nz.
- ^ "Shipping". Lyttleton Times. No. 4063. 2 February 1874. p. 2. Retrieved 28 July 2024 – via paperspast.natlib.govt.nz.
- ^ "Shipping". Lyttleton Times. No. 4333. 1 January 1875. p. 2. Retrieved 28 July 2024 – via paperspast.natlib.govt.nz.
- ^ "Shipping". Lyttleton Times. No. 4676. 9 February 1876. p. 2. Retrieved 28 July 2024 – via paperspast.natlib.govt.nz.
- ^ "Shipping". Lyttleton Times. No. 4963. 16 January 1877. p. 2. Retrieved 28 July 2024 – via paperspast.natlib.govt.nz.
- ^ "Arrived-October 12". Press. No. 3815. 13 October 1877. p. 2. Retrieved 28 July 2024 – via paperspast.natlib.govt.nz.
- ^ "Shipping". Lyttleton Times. No. 5504. 12 October 1878. p. 4. Retrieved 28 July 2024 – via paperspast.natlib.govt.nz.
- ^ "Shipping". Lyttleton Times. No. 5798. 25 September 1879. p. 4. Retrieved 28 July 2024 – via paperspast.natlib.govt.nz.
- ^ "Shipping". Lyttleton Times. No. 6121. 8 October 1880. p. 4. Retrieved 28 July 2024 – via paperspast.natlib.govt.nz.
- ^ "Shipping". Otago Daily Times. No. 6056. 8 July 1881. p. 2. Retrieved 28 July 2024 – via paperspast.natlib.govt.nz.
- ^ "Shipping". Evening Post. No. 118. 22 May 1882. p. 2. Retrieved 28 July 2024 – via paperspast.natlib.govt.nz.
- ^ "Shipping". Lyttleton Times. No. 6885. 24 March 1883. p. 4. Retrieved 28 July 2024 – via paperspast.natlib.govt.nz.
- ^ "Shipping". Auckland Herald. No. 7022. 20 May 1884. p. 4. Retrieved 28 July 2024 – via paperspast.natlib.govt.nz.
- ^ "Shipping". Auckland Herald. No. 7338. 26 May 1884. p. 4. Retrieved 28 July 2024 – via paperspast.natlib.govt.nz.
- ^ "Shipping". Evening Post. No. 30. 22 June 1886. p. 4. Retrieved 28 July 2024 – via paperspast.natlib.govt.nz.
- ^ "Pilgrims of ship Crusader, 1874, meet in annual reunion". Star(Christchurch). No. 18718. 25 March 1929. p. 15. Retrieved 29 July 2024 – via paperspast.natlib.govt.nz.
- ^ "Crusader anniversary". Press. No. 18957. 23 March 1927. p. 13. Retrieved 29 July 2024 – via paperspast.natlib.govt.nz.
- ^ "Obituary - Mr J H Timms". Press. No. 21500. 15 June 1935. p. 14. Retrieved 29 July 2024 – via paperspast.natlib.govt.nz.
External references
- The Clipper Ship Crusader, Built 1865, Broken Up 1910: Memories and Records of Over Fifty Years' Pioneering : with Special Reference to Voyages 1874-1879 by various authors. Published by Cadsonbury Publishers, New Zealand on 1 November 2002. ISBN : 9781877151675