William Miles

William Miles was launched at Quebec in 1853, but immediately transferred her registry to Bristol. She made several voyages carrying migrants to Australia and New Zealand. She was wrecked in May 1868. Career William Miles first appeared in Lloyd's Register (LR) in 1854. She was sheathed in felt and yellow metal in 1854. In 1855 William Miles carried some 260 emigrants from Scotland to Moreton Bay, in what is now Queensland. She left England in 1854, arrived at Port Jackson on 16 January 1855, and arrived at Moreton Bay on 19 January. William Miles sailed from Bristol on 5 May 1860 and arrived at Lyttelton, New Zealand on 21 August with 96 immigrants. She sailed on to Otago with merchandise and some passengers on 1 October.