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The Meredith was a full-rigged ship built at the shipyard of Worthington & Ashburner at Skerton, near Lancaster, and launched on Saturday, 19th February 1825. On the 13th July 1832 she was wrecked on the bar at Hokianga river, New Zealand.
The Cumberland Pacquet, Tuesday, 1st March 1825, page 3;
" (On Saturday week) ...... a fine new ship called the Meredith was launched from the
building yard of Messrs.Worthington and Ashburner, at Skerton, near
Lancaster. She registers 285 tons, and is intended for the Liverpool
and Demerara trade."
The Liverpool Mercury, Friday, 22nd February 1833;
" The Meredith,
Fullerton,
from this port, was totally wrecked in Hokianga river, New Zealand,
13th July. The cargo was totally lost; the crew, except the boatswain,
saved."
The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser, Thursday, 6th September 1832;
" By the Lord Liverpool, which arrived yesterday from Hokianga, we have received the following shipping news, and other interesting particulars, from New Zealand :-The ship Meredith, of Liverpool, Captain Fullerton, last from the Sandwich Islands, was totally wrecked in crossing the bar of Hokianga River on the 13th of July. One of the crew only was drowned; but the natives plundered every article that could be saved of the cargo, and even the clothes of many of the unfortunate sufferers. The Wesleyan Missionaries, however, manifested great hospitality, supplying all their wants. Captain Fullerton, the chief officer, and carpenter have come up to Sydney by the Lord Liverpool, and the rest of the crew were to sail for Launceston in the Bolina about the 21st."
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