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Xarifa
Vessel Name
Xarifa
Builder
Henry Berg
Place built
Wellington
Year built
1874
LOA
41, 2
Beam
10, 9
Rig
Gaff cutter
Displacement
18 ton
Owners
G. B. Richardson (Blenheim, 1894-1900); G. H. Jackson (Wellington, 189?-1893-1894); J. A. Persson and party (Wellington, 1891-??); E. C. Mills and Co. (187?-1891) G Firman (1874-?)
Notes
Launched in August, the build took 14 weeks. Hull lined with concrete. Reputed to be the first vessel built in Wellington with external lead ballast. E. C. Mills Jr, campaigned her successfully in Wellington, Nelson and Lyttleton during the 1870s and 1880s. Disappeared while at anchor in the Marlborough Sounds June 1900.
Photo source
Alexander Turnbull Library