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Good Templar
Good Templar
Vessel Name:Good Templar
Place built:Auckland
Year built:ca.1878
Construction:Iron hull
Owners:Mason and Beaumont (Wellington, 1911-??); Messrs Stewart and Co. (Wellington, 1890-??); T. R. H. Taylor (Wellington, 18??); 1888-1890, Orlando Kempthorne (Wellington, 1886-18??); G. Mee, T. Pope, Rawnsley (Wellington, 188?-1885)
Notes:Arrived Wellington Jan 1879 en route to Lyttelton regatta. Sold as Good Templar 1881 in Wellington. Renamed Sappho by 1882. Renamed Alabama 1889. Renamed Weka 1891-1892. Later renamed Templar, then Patronus. Went ashore at Kaiwharawhara 1888. Repairs by Taylor included replacing iron with timber planking. Broken up ca 1915 at Evans Bay.