Elizabeth (1830 ship)

History
Name: Elizabeth
Owner: Joseph Grose (1837-1839)
Port of registry: 18/1837 (Sydney)
Builder: Singapore
Launched: 1830
Fate: Wrecked in September 1839
General characteristics
Type: Barque
Tons burthen: 194 43/94 ton (bm)
Length: 77.2 feet (23.5 m)
Beam: 20 feet (6.1 m)
Draught: 6 feet (1.8 m)
Propulsion: Sail

The Elizabeth was a 194-ton merchant ship built at Singapore, British India in 1830. She made one voyage transporting convicts from the Swan River Colony to Sydney, Australia.

Career

Under the command of Charles Pritchard, she left Singapore on 16 July 1838, with cargo and passengers. She called in at King George's Sound, then the Swan River Colony, where she offloaded some cargo and transported three prisoners, then sailed to Port Adelaide where she offloaded her passengers, called in at Port Phillip and then arrived in Sydney on 16 December 1838, where she offloaded the three prisoners and the rest of her cargo.[1] Elizabeth departed Port Jackson in January 1829, under the command of Roberts Garrett bound for Guam and Manila in ballast.

Fate

Citations

  1. "Shipping Intelligence". The Colonist (Sydney), Wednesday 19 December 1838, p.2. Retrieved 26 August 2015.
  2. "The loss of the barque Elizabeth - From Singapore". The Perth Gazette and Western Australian Journal, Saturday 28 September 1839, p.155. Retrieved 26 August 2015.

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