Henry Freeling
In April 1837, Henry Freeling was reported to be at Otago where she was unloading whaling gangs and stores and reloading whale oil. Owned by the Weller Brothers, Henry Freeling had not long arrived from Sydney. One of the crewmen onboard Henry Freeling was Joseph Price who left an account of his visits to New Zealand, having arrived in the South Seas as crewman on a convict.
In May 1831, Henry Freeling departed Otago for Sydney to deliver her cargo of oil, calling at Akaroa first. The voyage to Sydney across the Tasman must have been a difficult one, as when she arrived in port she had no provisions left for her crew and was all but a wreck. The Weller Brothers immediately chartered Dart to sail to Otago and bring back the balance of oil from their stations.
By November, Henry Freeling was back on the seas and had called at Port Cooper on Banks Peninsula. On 12 December, she arrived in Sydney from Otago with 30 tuns of oil in her cargo. In September 1839 Henry Freeling suffered the ultimate fate when she was wrecked at Tautuku on the south coast of Otago.
In May 1831, Henry Freeling departed Otago for Sydney to deliver her cargo of oil, calling at Akaroa first. The voyage to Sydney across the Tasman must have been a difficult one, as when she arrived in port she had no provisions left for her crew and was all but a wreck. The Weller Brothers immediately chartered Dart to sail to Otago and bring back the balance of oil from their stations.
By November, Henry Freeling was back on the seas and had called at Port Cooper on Banks Peninsula. On 12 December, she arrived in Sydney from Otago with 30 tuns of oil in her cargo. In September 1839 Henry Freeling suffered the ultimate fate when she was wrecked at Tautuku on the south coast of Otago.