''Roman Emperor'' was a full-rigged ship built in 1848.
The ''Roman Emperor'' made at least two voyages from England to
New Zealand
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, arriving there in 1860 and 1863. Each voyage carried many immigrants to New Zealand.
The English novelist
Samuel Butler arrived in
Christchurch
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(at the port of
Lyttelton) on the ''Roman Emperor'' in January 1860.
[Lyttelton Times 28 January 1860]
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1848 ships