Daisy - a general history

Official No. 15995: Code Letters LVPG.

Owners: June 1857 John Robinson (South Shields) & John Gillie (Spindelston) South Shields

Masters: 1857-60 J Gillie (C.N.3508 Shields 1852): 1860 Garrick: 1863-65 John Gillie

Voyages: 1857-58 Penang for Portland, Dorset: 1858 London for Colombo: 1861 Sulina for Kinsale: 27 November 1861 from Leith for Sydney, NSW: 1865 Shields for China

The Daisy sailed from Shields for China in May 1864 & having called at Penang & Saigon she was on her way to Sourabaya with a cargo of salt. On 1 September 1865 she struck a reef at the entrance to Balabac Island in the China Seas & was abandoned in a sinking condition on 3 September. The crew were saved & arrived at Manilla on 26 October 1865.

Crew September 1861-April 1862

Aikle, George, 1^st mate, 22, British

Barr, Nilson, able seaman, 19, British

Brown, Thomas, ordinary seaman, 18, British

Buchanan, William, able seaman, 42, British

Burrow, William, cook/steward, 34, British

Christie, David, able seaman, 26, British

Couter, James, apprentice, 19, British

Dulenty, Michael, carpenter, 25, British

Gillie, John, master

Morgan, Charles, able seaman, 21, British

Osboren, John Conley, apprentice, 15, British

Pearson, William, boatswain, 33, British

Shea, David, apprentice, 15, British

Sinclair, Henry, able seaman, 27, British

Sutherland, George, sailmaker, 30, British

Taylor, William, apprentice, 15, British

White, Peter, able seaman, 25, British

Wilson, William, able seaman, 25, British (discharged at Leith)

Passengers September 1861-April 1862

Gillie Mrs & child

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