Meredith
Official Number
none

The Meredith was a full-rigged ship built at Lancaster in 1825 for Lockerby & Co. Registered at Liverpool, she operated in the trade to India, and was wrecked at Hokianga River, New Zealand on the 13th July 1832. The wreck was plundered by Maoris. Source 1 reports that the boatswain drowned, but Source 2 reports that the crew survived.
 
Name
Year Built
Gross Tons
Length (feet)
Breadth (feet)
Depth (feet)
Masts
Figurehead
Stern
Lloyd's Classn.
Meredith
1825
278
  
 
 
3
  
  
 

Sources :

  1. "Ships of the East India Company" by Rowan Hackman, World Ship Society, 2001.
  2. New Zealand Wrecks database, citing from "New Zealand Shipwrecks 1795-1970" by CWN Ingram, 4th edition, published 1972.
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