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White Wings Vol I. Fifty Years Of Sail In The New Zealand Trade, 1850 TO 1900

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During the 32 years she sailed the ocean, between the day she first took the water on the River Clyde and the day she foundered when being towed down to an Argentine port, the ship Wellington had a most adventurous career.

the Wellington was a ship of 1250 tons, and she was built by Robert Duncan at Port Glasgow in 1874 for Patrick Henderson, who later amalgamated with the Shaw Savill Company, and it was under the house flag of the company that she made most of her voyages to New Zealand.