Nelson

William Henry Kelly (born Appledore 1844) was captain of the Nelson for one voyage to Australia (/ New Zealand?) in 1892, leaving England on July 19th. He died in New Zealand on January 3rd 1893. (Lloyds "Captains Register" - The Guildhall Library - London)
Nelson was built in 1874 by R. Duncan & Co. of Glasgow and Lloyds Register list her details as follows:
Ship -Iron, 1310 Tons, 239.3 feet long, 36 feet breadth, 20.7 feet depth. She was built initially for Park Brothers.

She was one of a series of sister ships in the "Auckland Class Sailing Ship" which included Dunedin, Canterbury, Invercargill, Auckland and Wellington. I believe that the Westland is also classed as a sister ship. (If anyone has any other or different information, please let me know.)
The picture below is from 1910 and Nelson is on the left.

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	Sailing ships Melita and Nelson, Lyttelton Harbour

Reference 1/2-051931
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