Meredith

Official Number none

Launch report from the Cumberland Pacquet newspaper, 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."

From 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."

Source 5 reports that the wreck was plundered by Maoris, and that all the crew survived. 

Name	Year Built	Gross Tons	Length (feet)	Breadth (feet)	Depth (feet)	Masts	Figurehead	Stern	Lloyd's Classn.
Meredith	1825	278				3			A1, 4 years

Sources :

1. "Ships of the East India Company" by Rowan Hackman, World Ship Society, 2001.
2. Lloyd's Register of Shipping 1826 (Underwriters' Green Book): ship, coppered, 278 tons, built Lancaster 1825, owned by Jones & Co., master H.Kennen, voyage Liverpool - Demerara.
3. Lloyd's Register of Shipping 1829 (Underwriters' Green Book): ship, coppered, 278 tons, owned by Jones & Co., masters R.Bibby, then Steel, voyage Liverpool - Demerara.
4. Lloyd's Register of Shipping 1833 (Underwriters' Green Book):  master Fullerton, owner Lockerby.
   
5. New Zealand Wrecks database, citing from "New Zealand Shipwrecks 1795-1970" by CWN Ingram, 4th edition, published 1972.