A wealth of fascinating information can be found in this excellent resource and I would hope to whet the appetite by including a sample of items which give an indication of the nature of information that can be found.
As the years roll by and the colony of NSW and those adjacent develop, so the nature of the news carried evolves, as does that from around the World, with the Maori Wars coming to a close at one end and the Crimean War tottering to a close at the other, with the de-stabilising influences of two major Gold Rushes in between.
With steam ships entering the scene and taking over communications between Australia and Great Britain, only for these vessels to be withdrawn for use in the Crimea, to be replaced by the newly arrived and much trumpeted clippers, which given the right conditions could complete the passage even quicker.
A time of new legislation being introduced as the World develops, but also a period when piracy was rampant along the coast of China and the natives of some of the South Sea Islands might keep a pot boiling for you!!
RoP = Report of Proceedings - eg as in a more detailed report by the Master of a vessel regarding a recently completed voyage etc.
| Vessel's Name |
Date of Publication |
Brief Details |
| A L Johnstone |
06 Nov 1854 |
Wreck "A L Johnstone" 15 Jul at Torres Straits - more |
| A L Johnstone |
06 Nov 1854 |
Wreck "A L Johnstone" 15 Jul at Torres Straits |
| Abeona |
15 Jul 1848 |
Wreck "Abeona" Whaler |
| Aberfoyle |
30 Nov 1850 |
RoP "Aberfoyle" |
| Acadia |
21 Jul 1849 |
Wreck "Acadia" |
| Acbar |
01 May 1854 |
"Acbar" arrives with much wild life, inlcuding rabbits !! |
| Achilles |
05 Apr 1851 |
Assault at Sea "Achilles" |
| Acsah |
06 Apr 1850 |
Court "Acsah" |
| Adairio |
30 Nov 1850 |
Loss "Adairio" Barque |
| Adario |
21 Dec 1850 |
Loss "Adario" all safe |
| Adario |
28 Dec 1850 |
Wreck "Adario" |
| Adario |
28 Dec 1850 |
"Adario" passengers arrive per Narwhal |
| Adelaide |
09 Nov 1844 |
The Wanderer has brought up the crew of the Alpha, |
| Adelaide |
26 Feb 1853 |
Launch "Adelaide" |
| Adelaide |
16 Apr 1853 |
Fire "Adelaide" |
| Adelaide |
23 Apr 1853 |
"Adelaide" new steamer for ARMSNC |
| Adelaide |
23 Apr 1853 |
Fire "Adelaide" - more |
| Adelaide |
30 Apr 1853 |
"Adelaide" RoP |
| Adelaide |
14 May 1853 |
Steamer "Adelaide" RoP |
| Adelaide |
28 May 1853 |
"Adelaide" difficulties with crew |
| Adele |
22 Oct 1855 |
Wreck "Adele", Brig, Capt Shannon, bound for Melbourne from Calcutta, was leaky and put back, but was wrecked on the Gaspar Sands - all hands saved by P&O steamer. Port Louis Gazette of 24 Aug |
| Aden |
26 Mar 1855 |
Leaky "Aden" requires caulking - cargo spoilt |
| Adolphus Yates |
25 Jun 1855 |
Dismasted "Adolphus Yates" towed into harbour by SS "Marion" |
| Adriana Petronella |
27 Nov 1854 |
Ashore "Adriana Petronella" |
| African |
14 Aug 1854 |
Mutiny "African" ex-Bristol off Barry Island and Flatholme |
| Agenoria |
03 Apr 1852 |
Wreck "Agenoria" schooner |
| Agnes |
22 May 1854 |
"Agnes" Various Casualties in respect of ships bound for Australia, but unfortunately very difficult to read |
| Agnes & Elizabeth |
11 Sep 1854 |
Wreck "Agnes & Elizabeth" - Waterloo Point, Hobart |
| Agnes and Hannah |
23 Apr 1853 |
Wreck "Agnes and Hannah" schooner |
| Ajax |
17 Aug 1850 |
Wreck "Ajax" |
| Ajax |
08 Jan 1855 |
Wreck SS "Ajax" |
| Ajax |
29 Jan 1855 |
Wreck SS "Ajax" |
| Albert |
23 Feb 1850 |
Wreck Gov schooner "Albert" |
| Albert |
16 Nov 1850 |
Missing "Albert" Schooner |
| Albion |
22 Jan 1855 |
Apprehansion of Deserters "Albion" |
| Alcmene |
12 Jul 1851 |
Loss "Alcmene" |
| Alert |
25 Sep 1854 |
Shore "Alert" schooner |
| Alexander |
06 Aug 1855 |
Wreck "Alexander" Brig - east coast of Northern Island - no lives lost - Nelson Examiner 27 Jun |
| Alexander |
20 Aug 1855 |
Warfare - Captain Clausen of the brig "Alexander" reports that the tribes at New Plymouth are at war which is being carried on with unabated futy |
| Alexander Harvey |
31 Aug 1850 |
Smuggling ? "Alexander Harvey" - Captain sent to prison |
| Alexander Harvey |
07 Sep 1850 |
"Alexander Harvey" seized |
| Alexander John Kerr |
24 Oct 1853 |
Yet another collision twixt sail and steam with the Pirate, steamer nearly sinking the "Alexander John Kerr" |
| Alfred |
31 Jan 1846 |
Barge |
| Alfred |
11 Nov 1848 |
Court "Alfred" |
| Alfred |
11 Aug 1849 |
Loss of "Alfred" and "Rosetta" |
| Alfred |
18 Jan 1851 |
Accident "Alfred" |
| Alfred |
25 Jun 1855 |
Capt of "Alfred" faces committal to 8 years prison for breach of the Passengers Act on failure to pay fine of £962 |
| Alfred Jacob |
26 Nov 1855 |
Ashore "Alfred Jacob", schooner, hands safe |
| Algerine |
05 Jul 1851 |
Wreck "Algerine" |
| Algerine |
12 Jul 1851 |
Wreck "Algerine" |
| Algerine |
19 Jul 1851 |
Recovered "Algerine" |
| Algerine |
11 Oct 1851 |
Raising "Algerine" |
| Algerine |
18 Oct 1851 |
Raised "Algerine" |
| Alice |
16 Sep 1848 |
Loss "Alice" Schooner |
| Alice Maud |
07 May 1855 |
"Alice Maud" Topsails reefed by patent machinery - speedy turnaround at Geelong |
| Allan Ker |
22 Oct 1855 |
"Allan Ker" and "Earl of Harwood", barques leave Callao Roads, Peru within half an hour of each other and arrive in Queenstown Roads within half an hour of each other have sailed about 18,000 miles |
| Alligator |
02 Aug 1851 |
Loss "Alligator" schooner |
| Alma |
21 May 1855 |
"Alma" new steam ship for the P&O - designed for mail, but may be hired by the Admiralty - Auxiliary steam machinery installed for raising the anchor and discharging cargo etc |
| Alma |
09 Jul 1855 |
Trial trip. A sister ship of the Nubia - full details given - taken up by the Admiralty as a troop ship - Liverpool Albion of 29 Mar 55 |
| Alpha |
09 Nov 1844 |
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| Alpha |
18 Jan 1851 |
Accident "Alpha" |
| Ameer |
26 Jun 1852 |
9 month voyage from England - Duke of Bedford - Ameer |
| Amelia |
05 Jul 1845 |
Court case |
| Amelia |
30 Dec 1848 |
"Amelia" Massacre |
| Amizada |
29 Jan 1855 |
Loss of vessels in India fllowing cyclone |
| Andromache |
05 Jan 1850 |
"Andromache" immigrant vessel |
| Anglia |
03 Sep 1855 |
Railway Labourers for the Sydney and Newcastle Railway Co at Gravesent to sail on the "Anglia" 5 Jun |
| Anglia |
01 Oct 1855 |
Arrived Newcastle "Anglia" barque, Captain Ball, from London, with railway navies - Captain Ball goes to Sydney to find out where to land passengers and 300 ton cargo of railway iron |
| Anita |
03 Jan 1846 |
Court |
| Anita |
25 Jul 1846 |
Court "Anita" |
| Ann |
09 Aug 1851 |
Recovered "Ann" ship |
| Ann and Jane |
08 May 1852 |
Wrecks "Ann and Jane" |
| Ann Milne |
22 Jan 1853 |
Immigrant Ship "Ann Milne" arrives - once immigration routines complete hiring commenced |
| Anna |
07 Aug 1852 |
"Anna" insubordinate crew - sailing delayed |
| Anna |
26 Feb 1855 |
Collision "Gazelle" v "Anna" |
| Anna Maria |
30 Aug 1851 |
Loss "Anna Maria" schooner |
| Anne |
08 Jan 1855 |
Scurvy "Anne" schooner |
| Annie |
09 Jan 1854 |
Wrecks "Annie" and "Druid" |
| Annie Forbes |
30 Jul 1853 |
Loss "Annie Forbes" schooner |
| Annunziata |
31 Dec 1855 |
Collision SS "Mongibello" v "Annunziata" barque, 2 passengers perish |
| Anonyma |
13 Aug 1853 |
Collision "West Wind" steamer collides at full speed with the "Anonyma", pilot schooner at Geelong |
| Antares |
21 Mar 1853 |
Wreck "Antares" Schooner RoP |
| Antelope |
29 Jan 1855 |
Loss of vessels in India fllowing cyclone |
| Aphrasia |
29 Mar 1845 |
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| Aphrasia |
04 Mar 1848 |
Fire "Aphrasia" |
| Apollo |
18 Jun 1855 |
Wreck "Apollo" cutter at Schouten Island |
| Apollo |
09 Jul 1855 |
Sale of wrecks of "Katherine Sharer", "Apollo" etc |
| Arabia |
20 Mar 1852 |
Loss "Arabia" |
| Arabian |
10 Jun 1848 |
Court "Arabian" |
| Arabian |
25 Jun 1855 |
Liverpool Polic Court - Master of "Arabian" Oz emigrant ship charged for breach of the Passengers Act |
| Arachne |
08 Jul 1848 |
Wreck "Arachne" Whaler |
| Arctic |
18 Dec 1854 |
Trials SS "Arctic" improved engines ? |
| Arctic |
08 Jan 1855 |
RoP - Collision "Vesta" v "Arctic" - Liverpool to NY |
| Arctic |
15 Jan 1855 |
Loss "Arctic" passenger and crew lists and those know to have drowned and saved |
| Ardaseer |
09 Aug 1851 |
Fire "Ardaseer" |
| Argo |
23 Jul 1853 |
Quickest Journey so far "Argo" steamer |
| Argo |
13 Aug 1853 |
New ocean going steamship - SS "Argo" details |
| Argo |
23 Jan 1854 |
"Argo" steamer arrives Melbourne |
| Argo |
23 Jan 1854 |
Correspondence re the merits of the "Victoria" v "Argo" steamships |
| Argo |
18 Dec 1854 |
RoP "Argo" leaves Southampton for Oz |
| Argo |
18 Jun 1855 |
War - SS "Argo" from Australia taken up by the government for 6 months for the conveyance of cavalry |
| Argyle |
07 Aug 1852 |
Quarantine "Argyle" at Brisbane |
| Ariadne |
18 Jan 1851 |
Wreck "Ariadne" |
| Ariadne |
25 Oct 1851 |
Court "Ariadne" German schooner and crew - using violent and threatening language |
| Ariadne |
01 Nov 1851 |
Accident "Ariadne" schooner |
| Ariel |
30 Aug 1845 |
Mutiny - report from the China Friend newspaper |
| Ariel |
29 Aug 1846 |
Wreck "Ariel" |
| Ariel |
13 Jan 1849 |
"John & Charlotte" and "Ariel" - letter |
| Ariel |
26 Sep 1853 |
Wreck "Ariel" schooner |
| Armide |
01 Jan 1855 |
Disasters at Sea |
| Arratoon Apear |
19 Sep 1853 |
Tragedy onboard "Arratoon Apear" of Calcutta |
| Arrogant |
16 Apr 1853 |
Chief Officer shoots seaman "Arrogant" |
| Arrogant |
02 Jul 1855 |
Loss "Arrogant" - long saga |
| Artemisia |
16 Dec 1848 |
"Artemisia" - Emigrant Ship |
| Artemisia |
05 Jan 1850 |
RoP "Artemisia" Emigrant vessel |
| Asa Packer |
16 Apr 1853 |
Court "Asa Packer" |
| Ashburton |
08 Jan 1855 |
RoP "Ashburton" |
| Ashley |
22 Oct 1855 |
Fire "Ashley" barque, of Bristol |
| Asia |
17 May 1851 |
Quickest Voyage across the Atlandtic SS "Asia" |
| Asiatic |
30 Nov 1850 |
Loss "Asiatic" barque |
| Assaye |
29 Jan 1855 |
Loss of vessels in India fllowing cyclone |
| Athol |
29 May 1852 |
Mutiny "Athol" |
| Atlantic |
01 May 1847 |
Loss - "Atlantic" US Vessel |
| Atlantic |
22 Feb 1851 |
Log "Atlantic" |
| Atlantic |
31 May 1851 |
Mailship SS "Atlantic" |
| Atrato |
06 Nov 1852 |
Monster Steamship "Atrato" building on the Clyde |
| Augin |
29 Jan 1855 |
Loss of vessels in India fllowing cyclone |
| Aurora |
25 Jul 1846 |
Wrecked "Aurora" |
| Australasia |
09 Apr 1855 |
Wreck in Portland Bay - "Australasia" barque |
| Australasia |
16 Apr 1855 |
Recent wrecks at Portland, Oz, "Constant" and "Australasia" |
| Australasian League |
29 May 1852 |
"Australasian League" - bad weather - over loaded ? |
| Australasian Packet |
31 Aug 1852 |
Aground "Australasian Packet" |
| Australia |
17 Nov 1849 |
Government Schooner "Australia" - 2 items for this date |
| Australia |
21 Aug 1852 |
Launch "Australia" for Australian Royal Mail Steam Navigation Company |
| Australian |
05 Apr 1851 |
Court - Assault - "Australian" |
| Australian |
12 Apr 1851 |
Assault "Australian" |
| Australian |
14 Jun 1851 |
Court Wounding on the High Seas "Australian" |
| Australian |
16 Aug 1851 |
Court "Australian" seaman refused to proceed on voyage |
| Australian |
11 Sep 1852 |
Court "Australian" absent without leave |
| Australian |
11 Sep 1852 |
SS "Australian" arrives |
| Australian |
18 Sep 1852 |
RoP of SS "Australian"'s journey to Australia via Plymouth - Complaint that accommodation too crowded and food inferior |
| Australian |
25 Sep 1852 |
Comments on the SS "Australian" |
| Australian |
05 Feb 1853 |
RoP "Australian" |
| Australian |
28 May 1853 |
Inspection "Australian" |
| Australian |
13 Jun 1853 |
"Australian" - reports from England |
| Australian |
09 Jul 1853 |
"Australian" in for more repairs at East India Docks, Blackwall |
| Australian |
20 May 1854 |
Wreck "Australian" |
| Australian |
03 Jul 1854 |
Survey SS "Australian" |
| Australian |
13 Nov 1854 |
Transport SS "Australian" ashore at Woolwich, having parted her moorings - later towed of without apparent injury |
| Ayrshire |
16 Oct 1852 |
Desertion "Ayrshire" of whole crew whilst captain ashore |
| Ayrshire |
16 Oct 1852 |
Court Williamstown "Ayrshire" 4 senior members of the crew charged with desertion |
| Bangalore |
18 May 1850 |
Convict Ship "Bangalore" |
| Bank of England |
11 Sep 1852 |
Extract from a letter from a passenger of the "Bank of England" |
| Bank of England |
09 Oct 1852 |
"Bank of England" passengers lost overboard |
| Banner |
23 Oct 1854 |
Loss of many vessels in the ice in the North Atlantic |
| Banshee |
14 Nov 1853 |
Wreck "Banshee" barque lost north of Mindoro on passage from Canton to Sydney |
| Barbara |
12 Aug 1848 |
Wreck "Barbara" |
| Barbara Gordon |
16 Jul 1853 |
Wreck "Barbara Gordon" - barque |
| Barbara Gordon |
26 Sep 1853 |
Wreck "Barbara Gordon" barque, emigrant ship, with loss of life |
| Baretto Junior |
17 Aug 1850 |
Convict Ship "Baretto Junior" |
| Bayadere |
22 Oct 1855 |
Wreck the captain of the "Bayadere" reports that at the beginning of Jul the ship Liverpool of London, was wrecked at Tangor, all hands saved - Port Louis Gazette of 24 Aug |
| Beaver |
04 Oct 1851 |
Loss "Beaver" |
| Beaver |
11 Oct 1851 |
Loss "Beaver" |
| Bee |
01 Nov 1851 |
Loss "Bee" Cutter |
| Bee |
15 Nov 1851 |
Refloated "Bee" |
| Beliza |
08 Jan 1855 |
Shipwrecks in the China Sea |
| Bella |
25 Sep 1854 |
Lost "Bella" English ship |
| Belle Creole |
08 Oct 1855 |
Wreck "Belle Creole" on Vansittart Island - cargo lost - hands saved. |
| Ben Bolt |
24 Sep 1855 |
Ashore "Ben Bolt" on rocks near Clarence Town |
| Ben Bolt |
01 Oct 1855 |
Raised "Ben Bolt" |
| Benares |
12 Aug 1848 |
Accident "Benares" |
| Benares |
20 Jan 1849 |
"Benares" - leaky portholes |
| Bencoolen |
20 Jun 1846 |
Loss "Bencoolen" |
| Benjamin Elkins |
20 Dec 1852 |
"Benjamin Elkins" deserter |
| Benjamin Franklin |
21 May 1855 |
Firing into American SS "Benjamin Franklin" vessel for not having a night pass |
| Beppo |
03 Apr 1854 |
Loss "Beppo" schooner |
| Berenice |
21 Mar 1853 |
Fire "Berenice" lost |
| Berenice |
29 Jan 1855 |
Piracy "Berenice" court case in Java |
| Bergen |
31 Dec 1855 |
Collision SS "Norge" v SS "Bergen" - loss of the Norge - 70 lives lost |
| Berkshire |
27 Apr 1850 |
Survey "Berkshire" |
| Bessy |
03 Aug 1844 |
Loss, Schooner |
| Beulah |
13 Sep 1851 |
Surgeon Superintendent Mr Arthurs "Beulah" |
| Birkenhead |
08 May 1852 |
Loss "Birkenhead" Troopship |
| Black Hawk |
14 Aug 1854 |
Loss "Black Hawk" |
| Black Squall |
03 Jan 1852 |
Court |
| Black Squall |
03 Jan 1852 |
"Black Squall" wages |
| Black Swan |
31 Oct 1846 |
Collision Thistle & Black Swan |
| Black Swan |
16 Apr 1855 |
Captain of "Black Swan" shoots threatening seaman |
| Blair |
20 Dec 1852 |
"Blair" 5 natives refuse to proceed on voyage |
| Blanche Moore |
21 May 1855 |
New clipper "Blanche Moore" |
| Blue Jacket |
08 Jan 1855 |
New clipper from Boston "Blue Jacket" |
| Blue Jacket |
28 May 1855 |
New arrival "Blue Jacket" description |
| Bolton Abbey |
27 Sep 1851 |
Loss "Bolton Abbey" |
| Bondicar |
19 Jul 1851 |
Court Desertion "Bondicar" |
| Bondicar |
26 Jul 1851 |
Court Desertion "Bondicar" |
| Boomerang |
15 May 1854 |
Launched SS Boomerang |
| Border Maid |
30 Aug 1851 |
Hull Inspection "Border Maid" at NZ |
| Border Maid |
10 Jul 1854 |
Loss "Border Maid" schooner |
| Borneuf |
21 Nov 1853 |
Wreck "Borneuf" en route for Monbay |
| Borysthene |
31 Dec 1855 |
Launch SS "Borysthene" built to convey troops from Marseilles and Constantinople for the French government |
| Bosphorus |
22 Feb 1851 |
"Bosphorus" Screw Steam Vessel - maiden trip |
| Bounty Hall |
22 Feb 1851 |
Loss "Bounty Hall" |
| Boy |
13 Sep 1851 |
Massacre of some of crew of "Boy" US Whaler |
| Brahmin |
28 Aug 1854 |
Over due "Brahmin" |
| Brahmin |
30 Oct 1854 |
Wreck "Brahmin" King's Island |
| Brahmin |
06 Nov 1854 |
"Manchester" arrives from King''s Island with the remaining crew of "Brahmin" and "Waterwitch" |
| Bramble |
12 Oct 1850 |
Losses "Bramble", "Heroine" & "Lucy Ann" schooners |
| Bramble |
14 Dec 1850 |
Losses "Bramble", "Heroine" & "Lucy Ann" |
| Bramble |
15 Nov 1851 |
Report of vessel bottom up - possibly Bramble (not HMS Bramble) |
| Brandon |
08 May 1852 |
Wrecks "Brandon" |
| Brankenmoor |
09 Nov 1844 |
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| Brechin Castle |
10 Jul 1847 |
Loss "Brechin Castle" |
| Breeze |
10 Apr 1847 |
Wreck "Breeze" |
| Breeze |
02 Jun 1849 |
"Selina" and "Breeze" - schooners |
| Breeze |
24 Nov 1849 |
"Breeze" & Wreck "Selina" |
| Breeze |
05 Jan 1850 |
Wreck "Breeze" |
| Bride |
09 Aug 1851 |
Cruise "Bride" |
| Brighton |
30 Jul 1855 |
Wreck "Brighton" bargue, 14 inst. Account of disaster by Capt Peacock |
| Brilliant |
18 Dec 1854 |
"Marco Polo," "Kent" and "Brilliant" - Race for England |
| Britannia |
14 Aug 1854 |
Loss "Britannia" of N Shields - per "Premier" |
| British Sovereign |
21 Aug 1847 |
Loss "British Sovereign" |
| British Sovereign |
11 Mar 1848 |
Loss "British Sovereign" |
| Britomart and Governor |
22 Mar 1845 |
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| Briton |
10 May 1845 |
Troopship |
| Briton |
28 Jun 1845 |
Wreck |
| Briton |
21 May 1855 |
Wreck SS "Briton" struck reef near Ballantree |
| Broom |
23 Oct 1854 |
Loss of many vessels in the ice in the North Atlantic |
| Brother Jonathan |
29 Jan 1855 |
Collision "William Penn" v "Brother Jonathan" near Mull of Galloway - both ashore |
| Brothers |
13 Oct 1849 |
"Brothers" Schooner |
| Brothers |
01 Jul 1850 |
"Brothers" brig - fire |
| Brothers |
08 May 1852 |
Wrecks Brothers schooner |
| Bulletin |
23 Jul 1855 |
The telegraph from New Orleans gives us a brief account of the burning of the steamer "Bulletin" on Saturday, |
| Bura Burra |
11 Jun 1855 |
Missing SS "Bura Burra" |
| Burra Burra |
11 Jun 1855 |
Hope for missing "Burra Burra" fading |
| Burra Burra |
18 Jun 1855 |
Missing SS "Burra Burra" bound for Adelaide, arrives Portland 2 Jun from Melbourne |
| Cachalot |
05 Apr 1851 |
Mutiny "Cachalot" |
| Cacique |
07 Apr 1849 |
Wreck "Cacique" Barque |
| Caernarvon |
03 May 1851 |
Assault by Captain of Caernarvon |
| Caernarvon |
02 Aug 1851 |
Court Desertion "Caernarvon" |
| Caesar Godeffroy |
20 Dec 1852 |
"Caesar Godeffroy" desertion |
| Calcutta |
09 Nov 1844 |
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| Caldera |
09 Apr 1855 |
Piracy "Caldera", Chilean barque bound for San Francisco - robbed and burnt |
| Caldew |
03 Apr 1852 |
RoP "Caldew" |
| Caldew |
17 Apr 1852 |
RoP "Caldew" |
| Caldew |
09 Apr 1853 |
Loss "Caldew," Barque, Capt Snow |
| Caleb Grimshaw |
30 Mar 1850 |
Fire "Caleb Grimshaw" |
| Calypso |
10 Feb 1849 |
Loss "Calypso" Brig |
| Camilla |
17 Jan 1852 |
Court |
| Camperdown |
23 Oct 1854 |
Ashore "Camperdown" - troop-ship |
| Camperdown |
30 Oct 1854 |
Ashore "Camperdown" troop transport |
| Canmore |
23 Oct 1854 |
Loss "Canmore" Brig - capsized |
| Canmore |
30 Oct 1854 |
Coroner's Inquest "Canmore" evidence of able seaman Wm. Brown |
| Canton |
02 Sep 1848 |
Court - "Canton" Piracy |
| Canton |
17 Feb 1849 |
Wreck "Canton" |
| Canton |
28 May 1855 |
Loss "Canton," Whale ship, on unmarked reef in the Pacific in 1854 RoP |
| Canton Packet |
25 Jul 1846 |
Arson "Canton Packet" |
| Canton Packet |
08 Aug 1846 |
Arson "Canton Packet" |
| Canton Packet |
15 Aug 1846 |
Arson "Canton Packet" |
| Cape Horn |
07 Jun 1851 |
Conspiring to Raise wages "Cape Horn" Barque |
| Cape Packet |
13 Jun 1846 |
Loss "Cape Packet" |
| Cape Packet |
16 Jun 1849 |
Fire "Cape Packet" |
| Captain Cook |
02 Nov 1850 |
Loss "Captain Cook" Schooner |
| Caroline |
21 Dec 1844 |
Supreme Court |
| Caroline |
01 Aug 1846 |
Libel "Caroline" |
| Caroline |
14 Jan 1850 |
Miraculous Escape "Caroline" |
| Caroline |
11 May 1850 |
Wreck "Caroline" |
| Caroline |
08 Jun 1850 |
Wreck "Caroline" |
| Castle Eden |
14 Jun 1851 |
Court Breach of the Gunpowder Act "Castle Eden" |
| Castlereagh |
01 Apr 1848 |
Loss Schooner "Castlereagh" |
| Cataraqui |
27 Sep 1845 |
Wreck |
| Cataraqui |
07 Feb 1846 |
Wreck |
| Cataraqui |
09 May 1846 |
Wreck "Cataraqui" |
| Cataraqui |
20 Jun 1846 |
Loss "Cataraqui" |
| Catherine |
31 May 1851 |
Loss "Catherine" cutter |
| Catherine |
06 Mar 1852 |
"Catherine" desertion |
| Catherine Mitchell |
08 Jan 1853 |
Departure of the "Catherine Mitchell" |
| Catherine Sharer |
25 Jun 1855 |
Destruction "Catherine Sharer", barque, by explosion, in D'Entrecasteaux's Channel - HMS Fantome sent to scene of loss of "Catherine Sharer" |
| Catherine Sharer |
09 Jul 1855 |
Arsonist - sailor who set fire to the "Catherine Sharer" charged and remanded |
| Catterina |
14 May 1855 |
Wreck "Catterina" Sardinian brig ashore off Devil's Tower |
| Cecilia |
05 Feb 1855 |
Search SS "Cecilia"schooner |
| Ceres |
17 Nov 1849 |
Wreck "Ceres" |
| Ceres |
25 Oct 1852 |
Passengers from the "Ceres" arrive Sydney |
| Ceres |
25 Oct 1852 |
Loss "Ceres" |
| Ceres |
30 Oct 1852 |
Loss "Ceres" |
| Cerops |
01 Oct 1855 |
"Cerops" reports a small brig ashore at Raine's Island - masts still standing and sails furled: also another brig to the south of Raine's Island - masts gone and a total wreck |
| Challenge |
04 Oct 1851 |
Launch US Cliooer ship "Challenge" |
| Chamelion |
22 Aug 1846 |
Piracy - Dutch Schooner "Chamelion" |
| Champion |
09 Oct 1852 |
"Champion" feared lost |
| Champion |
15 May 1854 |
Yet another collision - SS "Duncan Hoyle" vs."Champion" schooner |
| Champion |
08 Jan 1855 |
Collision SS "Melbourne" v SS "Champion" |
| Champion of the Seas |
18 Sep 1854 |
"Champion of the Seas" loading for a passage to Liverpool |
| Champion of the Seas |
23 Oct 1854 |
Clipper "Champion of the Seas" arrives at Liverpool from New York |
| Chance |
06 Nov 1852 |
Quarantine "Chance" |
| Chancellor |
13 Nov 1854 |
Wreck "Chancellor" at Martha's Strand - per Cape Town report |
| Charles Webb |
17 May 1851 |
Court - Theft "Charles Webb" |
| Charlotte |
09 Sep 1848 |
Loss "Charlotte" Schooner |
| Cheapside |
22 Jan 1853 |
"Cheapside" desertion |
| Chebutco |
16 Oct 1852 |
"Chebutco" arrives from Nova Scotia bringing passengers to the gold fields |
| Chieftain |
01 May 1852 |
"Chieftain" wilful neglect of duty |
| Chieftain |
03 Jul 1854 |
Loss SS "Chieftain" |
| Childe Harold |
22 Jun 1850 |
Wreck "Childe Harold" |
| Chusan |
07 Aug 1852 |
P&O Steamer "Chusan" |
| Chusan |
04 Sep 1852 |
Departure of the "Chusan" |
| Chusan |
18 Sep 1852 |
Description of the departure of the "Chusan" from Southampton, England for Australia |
| Chusan |
15 Jan 1853 |
RoP "Chusan" |
| City of Glasgow |
07 Aug 1854 |
Missing "City of Glasgow" no reports - but report mostly unreadable |
| City of Glasgow |
14 Aug 1854 |
Missing "City of Glasgow" |
| City of Glasgow |
21 Aug 1854 |
Missing "City of Glasgow" presumed lost |
| City of Glasgow |
25 Sep 1854 |
Missing "City of Glasgow" hope given up. |
| City of Glasgow |
08 Jan 1855 |
Missing SS "City of Glasgow" |
| City of Hobart |
22 May 1854 |
Trial trip "City of Hobart" screw fitted behind the rudder |
| City of Manchester |
18 Jun 1855 |
War - "City of Manchester" on hire to French government for 6 months at the rate of 175,000fr. a month and will take on board four officers and 314 artilerymen of the imperial guard and 314 horses |
| City of Melbourne |
31 Aug 1852 |
Fears for the safety of the steamer "City of Melbourne" with 200 passengers onboard |
| City of Melbourne |
04 Sep 1852 |
Loss of the "City of Melbourne" screw steamer without loss of life |
| City of Melbourne |
25 Jun 1855 |
Ashore "City of Melbourne" |
| City of Melbourne |
09 Jul 1855 |
Refloated "City of Melbourne" |
| City of Melbourne |
09 Jul 1855 |
"City of Melbourne" now safe in Newcastle harbour - to be put on slip |
| City of Melbourne |
27 Aug 1855 |
Fire - SS "City of Melbourne" whilst alongside |
| City of Norfolk |
24 Apr 1854 |
Another collision involving a steamship - "Maria" v SS "City of Norfolk" |
| City of Poonah |
26 Sep 1853 |
Loss "City of Poonah" |
| City of Sydney |
23 Jan 1854 |
Launch "City of Sydney" steamer |
| City of Sydney |
17 Apr 1854 |
SS "City of Sydney" arrives - details of ship |
| Clara |
09 Nov 1844 |
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| Clara |
04 May 1850 |
Loss "Clara" |
| Clara |
18 May 1850 |
Wreck Auction "Clara" |
| Clara |
28 May 1853 |
Strange happenings on the "Clara" |
| Clarence |
20 Jul 1844 |
Loss - Brig |
| Clarence |
27 Jul 1844 |
Loss - Brig - crew brought to Moreton Bay |
| Clarence |
03 Apr 1852 |
"Clarence" Steam to Oz |
| Clarence |
19 Jun 1852 |
New Steamer "Clarence" built for Oz by Laird, Liverpool |
| Clarence |
26 Jun 1852 |
"Clarence" breach of the Colonial Postage Act |
| Clarendon |
09 Nov 1844 |
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| Clarissa |
06 Nov 1854 |
Captured by convicts "Clarissa" |
| Cleopatra |
13 Nov 1852 |
New vessel SS "Cleopatra" |
| Cleopatra |
20 Dec 1852 |
SS "Cleopatra" at the Cape |
| Cleopatra |
01 Jan 1853 |
SS "Cleopatra" arrives from London |
| Cleopatra |
08 Jan 1853 |
SS "Cleopatra" off Adelaide - passengers drown when being taken ashore |
| Cleopatra |
08 Jan 1853 |
SS "Cleopatra" arrives Sydney |
| Clyde |
16 Apr 1855 |
Wreck "Clyde" |
| Coaxer |
11 Jul 1846 |
Court "Coaxer" |
| Colina |
22 Jan 1853 |
"Colina" struck by "Daniel Sharp", US vessel - which didn't stop ! |
| Colombian |
09 Nov 1844 |
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| Colombine |
08 Mar 1851 |
Loss "Colombine" Schooner |
| Columbia |
15 May 1847 |
Casualty "Columbia" packet |
| Columbian |
28 Jun 1845 |
Loss |
| Columbine |
10 Apr 1854 |
Wreck "Columbine", brig, at the heads, with the loss of 4 lives |
| Comet |
12 May 1849 |
Collision "Midlothian" v "Comet" |
| Comet |
12 Apr 1851 |
Loss "Comet" |
| Commodore Parry |
11 Dec 1854 |
Launch "Commodore Parry" at E Boston, 2,200 tons |
| Condor |
03 Oct 1853 |
Fire "Condor" |
| Conside |
25 Sep 1852 |
Wreck "Conside" Steamer |
| Conside |
16 Oct 1852 |
Loss "Conside" report of the Mate - list of persons drowned |
| Constance |
17 Aug 1850 |
Quickest voyage to Adelaide, Australia - Constance |
| Constant |
09 Apr 1855 |
Wreck in Portland Bay - "Constant" barque |
| Constant |
16 Apr 1855 |
Recent wrecks at Portland, Oz, "Constant" and "Australasia" |
| Constant |
28 May 1855 |
Wreck "Constant" broken up in Portland Harbour |
| Coolangatta |
05 Sep 1846 |
Loss "Coolangatta" |
| Coolangatta |
27 Dec 1847 |
Court "Coolangatta" |
| Coquette |
31 Jan 1846 |
Whaler |
| Coquette |
07 Jul 1849 |
RN Charter - "Coquette" |
| Cora and Tryphena |
14 Jun 1845 |
See RN |
| Coringa Packet |
16 Aug 1845 |
Loss |
| Corio |
27 Nov 1854 |
Disabled "Corio" |
| Corio |
04 Dec 1854 |
Steamer "Corio" |
| Cormorant |
30 Nov 1844 |
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| Cornelius |
08 Jan 1855 |
Loss "Cornelius" Brig, on the Barrier Reef |
| Cornelius |
29 Jan 1855 |
Loss "Cornelius" - "Hamlet" safe |
| Countess of Derby |
21 Nov 1853 |
Wreck "Countess of Derby" bound for Cleveland |
| Countess of Derby |
28 Nov 1853 |
Loss of "Countess of Derby" |
| Countess of Minto |
27 Sep 1851 |
Log of "Countess of Minto" Barque - Interesting |
| Countess of Minto |
01 Nov 1851 |
"Countess of Minto" gig |
| Countess of Wilton |
28 Sep 1844 |
Report |
| Countess of Winton |
09 Jan 1854 |
"Countess of Winton" first mate kills captain with cutlass and then jumps overboard |
| Countess of Yarborough |
22 Jun 1850 |
"Countess of Yarborough" poor provisions condemned |
| Countess of Yarborough |
17 Aug 1850 |
Emigrants "Countess of Yarborough" poor conditions |
| Countess of Yarborough |
21 Sep 1850 |
Court "Pickering" v "Bennett" ex Countess of Yarborough - again |
| Countess of Yarborough |
08 Mar 1851 |
"Countess of Yarborough" |
| Countess of Yarborough |
15 Mar 1851 |
"Countess of Yarborough" |
| Countess of Yarborough |
12 Apr 1851 |
"Countess of Yarborough" |
| Courier |
30 Jan 1854 |
Fire "Courier" Brig at Cleveland |
| Courier |
22 May 1854 |
"Courier" Various Casualties in respect of ships bound for Australia, but unfortunately very difficult to read |
| Crest of a Wave |
12 Jun 1854 |
"Crest of a Wave" details of ship |
| Crest of the Wave |
29 Jan 1855 |
Shortest journey Liverpool - Oz "Red Jacket" v "Crest of the Wave" |
| Croesus |
26 Sep 1853 |
Launch SS "Croesus" |
| Croesus |
20 Feb 1854 |
"Croesus" belonging to the General Screw Steam Co., was launched on 16 Nov 53 from Mr Mare's yard, Blackwall. She is announced to leave for the Australian ports in Jan |
| Croesus |
20 Mar 1854 |
New ship "Croesus" sailing |
| Croesus |
27 Mar 1854 |
"Croesus", at Southampton 23 Dec 1853 - full details of the ship |
| Croesus |
17 Apr 1854 |
SS "Croesus" |
| Croesus |
24 Apr 1854 |
SS "Croesus" details of vessel |
| Croesus |
20 May 1854 |
Repairs "Croesus" |
| Croesus |
17 Jul 1854 |
"Croesus" Report of visit onboard |
| Croesus |
02 Apr 1855 |
"Croesus," 2560 tons, taken by the English government - for use in the Crimea ? |
| Croesus |
16 Apr 1855 |
Iron SS Croesus examined on return from Oz. at Southampton Dock |
| Croesus |
28 May 1855 |
War - SS Croesus embarks troops for the Crimea at Portsmouth |
| Croesus |
18 Jun 1855 |
SS "Croesus" arrives at Portsmouth, UK, from the Crimea, yesterday. |
| Croesus |
30 Jul 1855 |
Fire Troopship SS "Croesus" lost 24 Apr when conveying troops from Sardinia to the Crimea - only 5 or 6 lives lost. |
| Croesus |
06 Aug 1855 |
Fire SS "Croesus - full report of loss - Morning Chronicle - General Screw Steam Shipping Co |
| Culloden |
20 Jul 1850 |
Emigrants "Culloden" Needlewomen |
| Culloden |
17 Aug 1850 |
"Culloden" Captain fined for assult |
| Cuthberts |
08 Jan 1853 |
"Cuthberts" desertion in Melbourne |
| Dalhousie |
23 Jan 1854 |
Wreck "Dalhousie" in the English Channel - near the Downs |
| Danah |
08 Jan 1855 |
Shipwrecks in the China Sea - brig |
| Daniel Sharp |
22 Jan 1853 |
"Colina" struck by "Daniel Sharp", US vessel - which didn't stop ! |
| Daniel Webster |
30 Jul 1855 |
"Daniel Webster" stopped by Spanish war ship - fired warning shot |
| Dartmouth |
18 May 1850 |
Fire "Dartmouth" |
| David |
27 Apr 1850 |
Loss "David" schooner |
| David |
04 May 1850 |
Wreck "David" |
| David Brown |
10 Jul 1854 |
Race around the World - "David Brown" of NY, "Romance of the Seas" of Boston, "Samuel Russell" of NY |
| David Carnegie |
26 Jun 1852 |
"David Carnegie" remanded for 48 hours |
| David G Fleming |
08 Oct 1855 |
New emigration clipper "David G Fleming" for the White Star line, built by Messrs Wright of St John, NB, Captain to be JF Cruikshank |
| Dazzler |
25 Oct 1852 |
"Dazzler" brig - Robbery |
| Deborah |
06 Oct 1849 |
SF Goldrush "Deborah" |
| Deborah |
22 May 1852 |
Loss "Deborah" |
| Deborah |
22 Jan 1853 |
"Deborah" purchased as prison hulk - men to be employed on various harbour projects |
| Delanwerzer |
21 May 1855 |
Loss "Delanwerzer" English Channel |
| Delia Morris |
01 Jan 1855 |
Disasters at Sea |
| Delphos |
16 Jan 1847 |
Loss "Delphos" |
| Demerara |
08 May 1852 |
"Demerara" Steamer - Bristol |
| Demerara |
29 Jan 1855 |
"Demerara" 3,134 tons, recovered and to be fitted out for the Australian trade |
| Derry Castle |
12 Feb 1855 |
Mutiny "Derry Castle" |
| Despatch |
08 Jan 1853 |
"Despatch" insubordination |
| Diana |
15 Feb 1851 |
RoP "Diana" |
| Diana |
12 Apr 1851 |
3 ship Collision "William" v "Harriet Nathan" v "Diana" |
| Dido |
28 May 1853 |
Wreck "Dido" |
| Dido |
16 Jul 1853 |
Wreck "Dido" |
| Distruzione |
21 May 1855 |
Capsized "Distruzione" from Callao |
| Distruzione |
28 May 1855 |
Story of the missing mail bag from the "Distruzione" changes - mail now bears post mark of SF |
| Dockenhuden |
12 Sep 1853 |
Wreck "Dockenhuden" |
| Doelwyck |
26 Jun 1854 |
Wrecks "Hester", "Doelwyck", & "Mahaica" |
| Domain |
02 May 1846 |
Loss - Cutter "Domain" |
| Don Juan |
08 Oct 1855 |
Loss "Don Juan", Chilean ship, master DC Mitchell. RoP per San Francisco Herald |
| Don Juan |
31 Dec 1855 |
Fire "Don Juan" |
| Donald McKay |
13 Aug 1855 |
Deatails "Donald McKay" |
| Donald McKay |
13 Aug 1855 |
Troopship "Donald McKay" - Liverpool Paper |
| Doris |
21 Dec 1850 |
Wrecks "John Witt", "Doris" & "Mary Ann" |
| Dorset |
26 Jun 1852 |
Wreck "Dorset" Brig |
| Douro |
09 Oct 1854 |
Loss SS "Douro" |
| Dove |
19 Jun 1852 |
Refloated "Dove" |
| Drei Thurine |
23 Apr 1855 |
Wreck "Drei Thurine" |
| Druid |
09 Jan 1854 |
Wrecks "Annie" and "Druid" |
| Duck |
29 Jan 1855 |
Breach of the New Passengers Act "Duck" by conveying Chinese on the deck with no other accommodation than that afforded by the long boat. |
| Duilius |
14 May 1853 |
Wreck "Duilius" |
| Duke of Bedford |
26 Jun 1852 |
9 month voyage from England - Duke of Bedford - Ameer |
| Duke of Lancaster |
21 Nov 1846 |
Wreck Duke of Lancaster |
| Duke of Portland |
24 Sep 1855 |
From Aukland, via New Plymouth arrived in this harbour on Monday afternoon last, she landed the detachment of the 58th Regiment at Taranaki, who are now living in tents about 2 miles from the town. |
| Duke of Richmond |
01 Nov 1851 |
Cyclone "Duke of Richmond" RoP |
| Duke of Richmond |
10 Jan 1852 |
Court |
| Duke of Roxborough |
06 Jul 1850 |
"Duke of Roxborough" loss of 2nd officer |
| Duke of Wellington |
23 Apr 1853 |
Wreck "Duke of Wellington" |
| Duke of Wellington |
08 Oct 1855 |
Items from "Duke of Wellington" schooner found on Rabbit Island by captain of Maria Ann - Gelong Advertiser |
| Duncan Hoyle |
15 May 1854 |
Yet another collision - SS "Duncan Hoyle" vs."Champion" schooner |
| Dundee Merchant |
22 Aug 1846 |
Wreck "Dundee Merchant" |
| Eagle |
06 Oct 1849 |
Wreck "Eagle" |
| Eagle |
05 Jan 1850 |
"Eagle" Pleasure Trip |
| Eagle |
16 Apr 1855 |
Loss "Eagle" |
| Earl Grey |
18 May 1850 |
Convict Ship "Earl Grey" |
| Earl of Charlemont |
12 Jun 1852 |
"Prince of Wales" and "Earl of Charlemont" deserters |
| Earl of Charlemont |
02 Jul 1853 |
Wreck "Earl of Charlemont" |
| Earl of Charlemont |
09 Jul 1853 |
Pillage from the Wreck "Earl of Charlemont" |
| Earl of Charlemont |
09 Jul 1853 |
Wreck "Earl of Charlemont" - report by Captain Garner - formerly of same |
| Earl of Charlemont |
09 Jul 1853 |
Wreck "Earl of Charlemont" |
| Earl of Harwood |
22 Oct 1855 |
"Allan Ker" and "Earl of Harwood", barques leave Callao Roads, Peru within half an hour of each other and arrive in Queenstown Roads within half an hour of each other have sailed about 18,000 miles |
| Earl of Sefton |
29 Jan 1855 |
Arrival "Earl of Sefton" Captain Noble in command - who was in commad of the "Tayleur", when she was lost of the Coast of Ireland |
| Ebba Blahe |
18 Dec 1854 |
London - locomotives, tenders, carriages and waggons loaded "Ebba Blahe" for the Sydney Railway - per Leeds Mercury 30 Sep 54 |
| Ebba Brahe |
09 Jul 1853 |
New Clipper "Ebba Brahe" - rave reviews |
| Edward |
09 Nov 1844 |
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| Edward |
30 Jul 1853 |
Smallpox "Edward" barque - transferred to natives ashore |
| Eglinton |
16 Oct 1852 |
Loss "Eglinton" from London north of Freemantle |
| Eglinton |
20 Dec 1852 |
Court - master to be prosecuted for loss of vessel under the Mercantile Marine Act - Eglinton |
| Eglinton |
28 May 1853 |
Loss of 3 emigrant vessels - Sir Fowell Buxton, Eglinton, and one un-named - loss of 3 lives |
| Egmont |
22 Mar 1851 |
Lost "Egmont" |
| El Dorado |
30 Jul 1855 |
US Mail Steamer "El Dorado" fired into by Spanish frigate off Cape San Antonio |
| Eleanor |
21 Nov 1846 |
Wreck "Eleanor" |
| Eleanor |
02 Jan 1847 |
Loss "Eleanor" |
| Eleanor |
26 Feb 1855 |
Leaky "Eleanor" and hoax on the Governor |
| Elephanta |
06 Apr 1850 |
Piracy "Elephanta" |
| Eliza |
13 Oct 1849 |
Loss "Eliza" |
| Eliza |
08 Jan 1853 |
"Eliza" wilful and continued neglect of duty |
| Eliza |
26 Feb 1855 |
Loss "Eliza" schooner near Port Stephen Heads |
| Eliza Cornish |
21 Aug 1852 |
Piracy "Eliza Cornish" |
| Elizabeth |
09 Nov 1844 |
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| Elizabeth |
05 Dec 1846 |
Wreck "Elizabeth" |
| Elizabeth |
12 Dec 1846 |
Wreck "Elizabeth" |
| Elizabeth |
22 May 1847 |
Loss "Elizabeth" |
| Elizabeth |
15 Jul 1848 |
Wreck "Elizabeth" |
| Elizabeth |
29 Jul 1848 |
Wreck "Elizabeth" |
| Elizabeth |
11 Nov 1848 |
Loss "Elizabeth" |
| Elizabeth |
11 May 1850 |
RoP "Elizabeth" Brig |
| Elizabeth |
15 Jun 1850 |
Pirates sighted "Elizabeth" |
| Elizabeth |
12 Jun 1852 |
Wreck "Elizabeth" schooner |
| Elizabeth |
18 Jun 1855 |
Wreck "Elizabeth" of Lyme Regis, bound northward was caught in the gale and driven ashore in Robin Hood Bay - Northern Times 21 Mar |
| Elizabeth |
25 Jun 1855 |
Wreck "Elizabeth" schooner, on the Kent's Group |
| Elizabeth |
30 Jul 1855 |
Wreck "Elizabeth" schooner on King's Isle |
| Elizabeth Ainslie |
18 Jan 1851 |
Burning "Elizabeth Ainslie" |
| Elizabeth Davis |
19 Feb 1848 |
Loss - Elizabeth Davis |
| Elizabeth Mason |
25 Jun 1855 |
Wreck "Elizabeth Mason" |
| Ellen |
17 Feb 1849 |
Wreck "Ellen" Cutter |
| Ellen |
16 Sep 1850 |
Wreck "Ellen" barque |
| Ellen |
08 Mar 1851 |
Stolen "Ellen" schooner boat |
| Elphinstone |
29 Jan 1855 |
Loss of vessels in India fllowing cyclone - sloop of war |
| Emerald |
01 May 1847 |
RoP "Emerald" |
| Emigrant |
17 Aug 1850 |
"Emigrant" - Typhus |
| Emily |
09 Nov 1844 |
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| Emily Jane |
06 Nov 1854 |
Ashore "Emily Jane" Brigantine |
| Emily Taylor |
28 Aug 1854 |
"Emily Taylor" crew attempt to scuttle ship - to be sent for trial |
| Emma |
11 Jan 1851 |
RoP "Emma" |
| Emma |
08 Feb 1851 |
Near Collision "Emma" |
| Emma |
09 Jul 1855 |
Shameful treatment of passengers of "Emma" barque by Captain Alley, bound San Francisco to Sydney - saga of awful trip |
| Emma Eugenia |
31 Jul 1852 |
"Emma Eugenia" mutiny - Court - Geelong |
| Emma Sherratt |
26 May 1851 |
Loss "Emma Sherratt" |
| Emmile Louise |
09 Apr 1855 |
Wreck "Emmile Louise" Chilean barque bound for Valparaiso |
| Emporer |
14 Jun 1851 |
Court Mutiny "Emporer" |
| Emporer |
14 Jun 1851 |
Court - Disobeying Orders "Emporer" - First Convictions in port under the New Mercantile Marine Act |
| Emporer |
12 Jul 1851 |
Court Desertion "Emporer" |
| Emporer |
19 Jul 1851 |
Court Desertion "Emporer" |
| Emporer |
26 Jul 1851 |
Court Desertion "Emporer" |
| Emporer |
11 Oct 1851 |
Court "Emporer" disobedience |
| Empress Eugenie |
30 Jul 1855 |
Liverpool launches: Jourdain, Fusilier, Retriever, SS Empress Eugenie, Harvest Home |
| Emu |
14 May 1853 |
Wreck "Emu" schooner |
| Emu |
08 May 1854 |
New Steamer SS "Emu" |
| Emu |
03 Jul 1854 |
Australian Pacific Steam Packet Co - Service to be suspended and vessels placed at the disposal of the Admiralty - "Emu" and "Kangaroo" initially and the other 3 vessels sold to La Compangnie des Messageries Maritimes Imperiales |
| Emu |
11 Jun 1855 |
Collision SS "Pelican" v SS "Emu" |
| Enchantress |
07 Dec 1850 |
Loss "Enchantress" Brig |
| Endeavour |
14 Aug 1852 |
Loss "Endeavour" cutter |
| Enterprise |
13 Apr 1850 |
Court "Enterprise" |
| Enterprise |
12 Oct 1850 |
Wreck "Enterprise" schooner - 2 items in this paper. |
| Entrprise |
31 Jul 1847 |
Wreck "Entrprise" |
| Ercolano |
17 Jul 1854 |
Loss "Ercolano" yet again sadly almost unreadable |
| Ericsson |
14 Aug 1854 |
"Ericsson" |
| Erin |
25 Oct 1851 |
Collision P&O vessels Pacha v Erin |
| Erin Queen |
16 Apr 1855 |
Collision SS "Sabrina" v "Erin Queen" in the Bristol Channel - the latter was run aground |
| Essington |
26 Oct 1850 |
"Essington" Log of Gale |
| Essington |
08 May 1852 |
Wrecks "Essington" |
| Esther |
09 Oct 1852 |
"Esther" problems with natives of New Caledonia |
| Etna |
21 May 1855 |
SS "Etna" - War - vessels being fitted etc for the Crimea - transit of troops, stores and horses etc |
| Etoile du Matin |
08 Jan 1853 |
Feared Lost "Etoile du Matin" schooner to the South Sea Isles |
| Eudora |
13 Sep 1851 |
Loss "Eudora" barque |
| Euphrates |
26 Jun 1852 |
"Euphrates" Desertion of seamen |
| Europa |
29 Jan 1855 |
Capsized in Dock "Europa" 1,000 tons, new ship, in East India Dock, Blackwall |
| Europa |
04 Jun 1855 |
Mutiny "Europa" emigrant ship |
| Europe |
25 Sep 1852 |
Comments on dissatisfaction of passengers aboard "Europe" from California |
| Eva |
29 Jan 1855 |
Loss of vessels in India fllowing cyclone |
| Evangeline |
17 Oct 1853 |
Iron Ship "Evangeline" |
| Evening Star |
01 Jan 1855 |
"Evening Star" Breach of the Passenger Act in not having served out good water and wholesome provisioins to the passengers |
| Exchange |
31 Oct 1853 |
Loss "Exchange" Brig - HMS Acheron attends wreck of the "Exchange" |
| Exchange |
13 Nov 1854 |
Coolie Ships for the USA - awful conditions "Exchange" |
| Exodus |
30 Jul 1855 |
"Exodus" with government emigrants onboard, and 100 men and officers selected from various police forces throughout the country, for service at Sydney, Sailed on 21 Apr. |
| Falco |
04 Oct 1845 |
Wreck |
| Falcon |
30 Aug 1845 |
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| Falcon |
06 Apr 1850 |
Loss "Falcon" |
| Falkland |
30 Aug 1851 |
Loss "Falkland" when leaving Bombay |
| Fanny |
09 Nov 1844 |
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| Fanny |
30 Nov 1850 |
Wreck "Fanny" brig |
| Fanny |
21 Nov 1853 |
Loss "Fanny" brig |
| Favorite |
05 Jun 1852 |
Possible Loss "Favorite" |
| Favorite |
21 Aug 1852 |
Assumed Loss "Favorite" |
| Favorite |
17 Jul 1854 |
Loss "Favorite" and US ship "Hesper" - again almost unreadable |
| Favourite |
20 Dec 1851 |
RoP "Favourite" Account of Hurricane |
| Flash |
09 Feb 1850 |
"Flash" Schooner |
| Flash |
17 Jul 1854 |
Court - Mutiny "Flash" |
| Flora |
26 Mar 1855 |
Wreck "Flora" |
| Floridian |
14 Jul 1849 |
Wreck "Floridian" |
| Flying Arrow |
26 Nov 1855 |
Dismasted vessel is US vessel "Flying Arrow" RoP - captain of vessel remains on King's Island |
| Flying Arrow |
03 Dec 1855 |
"Flying Arrow" observation that the vessel is but 3 years old and has been dismasted on 3 occasions |
| Flying Cloud |
04 Oct 1851 |
Forthcoming arrival US Clipper "Flying Cloud" |
| Flying Cloud |
09 Jul 1855 |
Court "Flying Cloud" breach of the Pilot Act |
| Flying Dragon |
16 Jan 1854 |
New English Clipper "Flying Dragon" |
| Flying Fish |
31 Jan 1852 |
Gold fever - return from the diggings "Flying Fish" |
| Flying Fox |
27 Feb 1847 |
Wreck "Flying Fox" |
| Flying Scud |
25 Dec 1854 |
Lightning strikes "Flying Scud" en route NY to Melbourne |
| Forest Mar |
03 Dec 1855 |
Mutiny "Forest Mar" |
| Formosa |
30 Oct 1852 |
"Formosa" charge - combining to impede the progress of a voyage |
| Formosa |
06 Nov 1852 |
Interesting Repairs required of Steamer "Formosa" |
| Formosa |
13 Nov 1852 |
Departure "Formosa" |
| Forth |
29 Sep 1849 |
Loss "Forth" Steamship |
| Fortitude |
09 Nov 1844 |
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| Fortitude |
09 Nov 1844 |
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| Fortune |
03 Sep 1855 |
Ashore "Fortune", Captain McCarthy, bound for Hobart ashore in Dundrum Bay, 18 May - passengers taken to Liverpool and ship refloated and taken into Dundruim harbour. |
| Four Lives |
10 Jun 1848 |
Wreck "Four Lives" |
| Francis Walker |
12 Mar 1855 |
Loss "Francis Walker" |
| Francis Walker |
02 Jul 1855 |
Wreck "Francis Walker" Torres Strait, Sept last |
| Freak |
29 Jul 1848 |
"Freak" Trooper |
| Freak |
12 Oct 1850 |
RoP Hurricane per "Freak" |
| Freak |
16 Oct 1852 |
"Freak" wages and agreement |
| Frederick |
03 Jul 1854 |
Wrecks "Waterwitch" and "Frederick" at Newcastle, Oz |
| Frederick |
03 Jul 1854 |
Wrecks "Waterwitch" and "Frederick" at Newcastle, Oz - more |
| Frederick |
10 Jul 1854 |
Wrecks "Waterwitch" and "Frederick" at Newcastle, Oz - more |
| Frisk |
13 Jun 1853 |
Loss "Frisk" |
| Frisk |
13 Jun 1853 |
Wreck "Frisk" brig from Liverpool |
| Fusilier |
30 Jul 1855 |
Liverpool launches: Jourdain, Fusilier, Retriever, SS Empress Eugenie, Harvest Home |
| G L Sampson |
30 Jul 1855 |
Fire "G L Sampson" crew picked by the "Northern Eagle" |
| Gambia |
19 Jul 1851 |
Court Desertion "Gambia" |
| Ganges |
05 Dec 1846 |
Court - "Ganges" |
| Ganges |
18 May 1850 |
Fire "Ganges" |
| Ganges |
21 Feb 1852 |
"Ganges" - theft - case dismissed |
| Ganges |
06 Mar 1852 |
"Ganges" manslaughter |
| Garland Grove |
01 Nov 1851 |
Loss "Garland Grove" foundered of Mauritius |
| Gazelle |
05 Apr 1851 |
Loss "Gazelle" confirmed |
| Gazelle |
09 Aug 1851 |
Court "Gazelle" |
| Gazelle |
20 Dec 1852 |
"Gazelle" wages |
| Gazelle |
27 Dec 1852 |
Court "Gazelle" wages |
| Gazelle |
26 Feb 1855 |
Collision "Gazelle" v "Anna" |
| Gazelle |
16 Apr 1855 |
Dismasted "Gazelle" |
| Geelong |
25 Sep 1852 |
Vessels building in UK for Australia run - including the Geelong |
| General Hewitt |
14 Feb 1846 |
Court |
| General Hewitt |
06 Dec 1851 |
Court "General Hewitt" used threatening and filthy language |
| General Palmer |
27 Apr 1850 |
Murder "General Palmer" |
| General Palmer |
07 Dec 1850 |
"General Palmer" Store ship |
| Genii |
13 Jan 1849 |
Court "Genii" |
| George Buckham |
27 Sep 1851 |
Loss "George Buckham" barque |
| George Champlin |
15 Mar 1851 |
Whaler "George Champlin" |
| George Cunning |
23 Apr 1855 |
Wreck "George Cunning" in the Elbe |
| George Home |
26 May 1851 |
Loss "George Home" |
| George Marshall |
21 May 1855 |
"George Marshall" at Geelong. Captain discovers that a portion of the forecastle had been removed and a communication opened by a pathway purposely left between bales whilst stowing |
| George Washington |
08 May 1852 |
US Steamboat "George Washington" Ny - Albany |
| George Whitwell |
26 Feb 1855 |
Casualty "George Whitwell" arrived Portsmouth 25 Nov 54 damaged have colled with a schooner of Dungeness |
| Georgiana |
30 Oct 1852 |
Mutiny "Georgiana" at Point Henry - arrival at Geelong |
| Georgiana |
06 Nov 1852 |
Mutiny "Georgiana" immigrant ship on arrival at Geelong |
| Gibson Craig |
10 Apr 1852 |
"Gibson Craig" Breach of the Post Office Act |
| Giraffe |
09 Nov 1844 |
|
| Giraffe |
09 Nov 1844 |
|
| Gladiator |
03 Dec 1855 |
Loss "Gladiator", Capt Noble, at Mauritius |
| Glamorgan |
29 Jan 1855 |
Slave vessel "Glamorgan" - name changed to "Wizard" |
| Glenmanna |
05 Mar 1855 |
Prosecution under the Passengers' Act - Glenmanna |
| Glenroy |
09 Nov 1844 |
|
| Glentanner |
17 Oct 1853 |
"Glentanner" arrives from Jamaica with settlers S Africa |
| Gold Seeker |
17 Oct 1853 |
Missing "Gold Seeker" cutter |
| Golden Age |
20 Feb 1854 |
US SS "Golden Age" |
| Golden Age |
15 May 1854 |
Accident to boat in the Bay on the Departure of "Golden Age" |
| Golden Age |
13 Nov 1854 |
"Golden Age" RoP |
| Golden Age |
30 Jul 1855 |
Loss SS "Golden Age" of Kicaron Island 200 miles from Panama - vessel beached after hitting rock |
| Golden Age |
20 Aug 1855 |
Not lost - SS "Golden Age" per San Francisco Golden Era, Jun 3 |
| Golden Era |
26 Mar 1855 |
Captain J T Peat - late commander of the "Golden Era" jailed for 8 months for having endangered the safety of his vessel - per Liverpool Albion of 1 JAn 55 |
| Golden Mirror |
30 Jul 1855 |
Loss "Golden Mirror" from NY to Toulon - abandoned with 9 ft 6 inches of water in her. |
| Golden Spring |
05 Dec 1846 |
Court "Golden Spring" |
| Golden Spring |
08 May 1854 |
Presentation to Capt M'Veigh "Golden Spring" for his conduct in saving the "Victoria" from total loss |
| Goliah |
21 Dec 1850 |
Telegraph Dover-Calais - "Goliah" Steamer |
| Governor Phillip |
25 Nov 1848 |
Wreck "Governor Phillip" |
| Grace Darling |
11 May 1850 |
Wreck "Grace Darling" brig |
| Grafton |
26 Mar 1855 |
SS "Grafton" from Liverpool - interesting info - according to the paper |
| Grampus |
13 Sep 1851 |
Loss "Grampus" NZ coaster |
| Gratitude |
19 Jun 1852 |
Piratical seizure of "Gratitude" cutter off Van Diemen's Land |
| Great Britain |
10 May 1845 |
|
| Great Britain |
07 Jun 1845 |
Report of vessel's passage from Bristol to London - completed in boistrous weather |
| Great Britain |
12 Jul 1845 |
Description |
| Great Britain |
20 Feb 1847 |
"Great Britain" Steamer |
| Great Britain |
20 Mar 1847 |
|
| Great Britain |
03 Feb 1849 |
"Great Britain" |
| Great Britain |
26 May 1851 |
SS "Great Britain" |
| Great Britain |
02 Oct 1852 |
"Great Britain" |
| Great Britain |
20 Nov 1852 |
SS "Great Britain" arrives 20 Nov 1852 |
| Great Britain |
20 Nov 1852 |
SS "Great Britain" arrives 20 Nov 1852 - details |
| Great Britain |
27 Nov 1852 |
SS "Great Britain" arrives 20 Nov 1852 - clarify details |
| Great Britain |
11 Dec 1852 |
SS "Great Britain" prepares to sail on 20 Dec |
| Great Britain |
20 Dec 1852 |
SS "Great Britain" |
| Great Britain |
20 Dec 1852 |
SS "Great Britain" leaves |
| Great Britain |
20 Dec 1852 |
Gov Gen visits SS "Great Britain" |
| Great Britain |
27 Dec 1852 |
Departure SS "Great Britain" |
| Great Britain |
01 Jan 1853 |
"Great Britain" further info on progress from the Purser |
| Great Britain |
08 Jan 1853 |
SS "Great Britain" at Geelong |
| Great Britain |
15 Jan 1853 |
"Great Britain" sails from Melbourne |
| Great Britain |
16 Apr 1853 |
"Great Britain" coaling |
| Great Britain |
28 May 1853 |
"Great Britain" RoP of trip from Melbourne to the Cape |
| Great Britain |
16 Jul 1853 |
SS "Great Britain" |
| Great Britain |
26 Sep 1853 |
SS "Great Britain" |
| Great Britain |
24 Oct 1853 |
SS Great Britain arrives 16 Oct from Liverpool which she departed 11 Aug with 372 passengers |
| Great Britain |
31 Oct 1853 |
SS "Great Britain" arrives 25 Oct - 1st & 2nd Class passengers listed |
| Great Britain |
21 Nov 1853 |
Report of SS "Great Britain" sailing |
| Great Britain |
21 Nov 1853 |
SS Great Britain departs 19 Nov |
| Great Britain |
19 Jun 1854 |
SS Great Britain |
| Great Britain |
17 Jul 1854 |
Accident to SS "Great Britain" - report sadly almost unreadable… |
| Great Britain |
14 Aug 1854 |
SS "Great Britain" |
| Great Britain |
28 Aug 1854 |
Quarantine - SS "Great Britain" - breach of rules |
| Great Britain |
04 Sep 1854 |
SS "Great Britain" small pox - in quarantine at Sydney |
| Great Britain |
04 Sep 1854 |
Quarantine SS "Great Britain" letter from a passenger |
| Great Britain |
11 Sep 1854 |
SS "Great Britain" RoP |
| Great Britain |
21 May 1855 |
SS "Great Britain" - War - vessels being fitted etc for the Crimea - transit of troops, stores and horses etc |
| Great Britain |
04 Jun 1855 |
Embarkation of the Guards. She has now been all but completed in her fittings as a troop ship and will be ready for despatch in a few days. |
| Great Britain |
18 Jun 1855 |
War - SS "Great Britain" is in readiness to sail from Liverpool for Kingstown, where she will complete her complement of troops for the Crimea, from various regiments |
| Great Britain |
09 Jul 1855 |
Late Commander (Captain Mathews) of SS "Great Britain" appointed Lloyds agent for Melbourne |
| Great Republic |
23 Jan 1854 |
Launch "Great Republic" yet another new US clipper |
| Great Republic |
25 Jun 1855 |
New clipper "Great Republic" sails at last following fire etc |
| Great Tasmania |
13 Aug 1855 |
"Great Tasmania" fitted out as a hospital ship - off to Portsmouth to carry troops - Liverpool Paper |
| Great Western |
27 Mar 1847 |
"Great Western" Hurricane |
| Grecian |
16 Nov 1850 |
Loss "Grecian" |
| Grimanazee |
12 Mar 1855 |
Further to the loss of the "Grimanazee" Peruvian vessel - with Chinese coolies - Legalised Slavery to the Chincha Islands - With Loss of Victims |
| Grimanazee |
12 Mar 1855 |
Loss "Grimanazee" Peruvian vessel - with Chinese coolies |
| Grimaneza |
19 Mar 1855 |
Loss "Grimaneza" Peruvian vessel - with Chinese coolies - more |
| Grimaniza |
06 Nov 1854 |
Wreck "Grimaniza" struck Brampton's Shoal |
| Guardian |
02 Jun 1849 |
Hurricane "Guardian" |
| Guiding Star |
25 Jun 1855 |
Missing "Guiding Star" en route Liverpool (dep Jan) to Sydney |
| Guiding Star |
10 Sep 1855 |
Missing? "Guiding Star" - Greenock Advertiser |
| Guiding Star |
17 Sep 1855 |
Missing "Guiding Star" with 480 passengers - still no news |
| Haidee |
07 Nov 1846 |
Court "Haidee" |
| Hamlet |
07 Nov 1846 |
Court "Hamlet" |
| Hamlet |
29 Jan 1855 |
Loss "Cornelius" - "Hamlet" safe |
| Hamlet |
09 Jul 1855 |
Loss "Hamlet" brig, Capt F Collins |
| Hanna Maria |
17 Oct 1853 |
Wreck "Hanna Maria" RoP |
| Hannah |
23 Nov 1844 |
Seized |
| Hannah |
28 Feb 1846 |
Wreck - Mutiny |
| Hannah |
20 Oct 1849 |
Wreck "Hannah" en route for Quebec |
| Hannah |
22 Nov 1851 |
Court "Hannah" seaman refused to go to sea |
| Hannah Eddy |
22 Feb 1851 |
Loss "Hannah Eddy" |
| Hannah Maria |
20 Feb 1854 |
Sound "Hannah Maria" following stranding |
| Hanover |
02 Oct 1854 |
Complaints "Hanover" by emigrants |
| Harbinger |
17 Jul 1854 |
Collision "Mary Hay" with emigrants v SS "Harbinger" - in UK waters - both on the Austalian run |
| Harkaway |
25 Jun 1855 |
Waterlogged "Infanta" for 9 days - crew saved by the ship "Harkaway" |
| Harmony |
02 Feb 1850 |
Very little "Harmony" |
| Harmony |
04 Jun 1853 |
"Harmony" to be fitted out as Quarantine Station |
| Harpley |
19 Jan 1850 |
"Harpley" Emigrant vessel |
| Harpley |
15 Feb 1851 |
Testimonial "Harpley" |
| Harpooner |
01 May 1847 |
"Harpooner" Leaky condition |
| Harriet |
26 May 1851 |
On shore Harriet, cutter |
| Harriet Nathan |
12 Apr 1851 |
3 ship Collision "William" v "Harriet Nathan" v "Diana" |
| Harriet Scott |
23 Oct 1854 |
Loss of many vessels in the ice in the North Atlantic |
| Hartley |
17 Apr 1852 |
"Hartley" Condemned |
| Harvest |
01 Jan 1855 |
Disasters at Sea |
| Harvest Home |
30 Jul 1855 |
Liverpool launches: Jourdain, Fusilier, Retriever, SS Empress Eugenie, Harvest Home |
| Hashemey |
07 Apr 1849 |
Convict ship "Hasemey" |
| Hashemy |
14 Apr 1849 |
Convict ship "Hashemy" |
| Hashemy |
09 Jun 1849 |
Convict ship "Hashemy" |
| Havering |
10 Nov 1849 |
Convict Ship "Havering" |
| Hawk |
25 Jan 1851 |
Mutiny "Hawk" |
| Hawk |
29 Jan 1855 |
Loss "Hawk" schooner |
| Hawkesbury Lass |
11 Sep 1852 |
Wreck "Hawkesbury Lass" |
| Heather |
18 Jun 1855 |
Wreck "Heather" brig of London ashore on same rocks as "Hugh Bourne" - Northern Times 21 Mar |
| Helen |
24 Apr 1847 |
Court - "Helen" |
| Helen |
05 Jan 1850 |
Missing "Helen" schooner |
| Helen |
16 Feb 1850 |
Pirates "Helen" |
| Helen |
23 Feb 1850 |
Pirates "Helen" |
| Helen |
16 Mar 1850 |
Pirates "Helen" |
| Helen |
23 Mar 1850 |
"Helen" Seizure |
| Helen |
30 Mar 1850 |
"Helen" Recovered |
| Helen |
06 Apr 1850 |
"Helen" recapture |
| Helen |
01 Jun 1850 |
Pirates "Helen" Escape |
| Helen |
06 Jul 1850 |
"Helen" pirates |
| Helen |
26 Apr 1851 |
Pirates "Helen" |
| Helen |
26 May 1851 |
"Helen" Pirates - tale of "Martha & Elizabeth" |
| Helen |
01 Jan 1853 |
"Helen" Piracy - see 1849/50 |
| Helen |
08 Jan 1853 |
Piracy "Helen" |
| Helena |
24 Oct 1853 |
Wreck "Helena", barque in Waitakare Bay NZ |
| Henri |
26 Jun 1852 |
Loss FS "Henri" |
| Henry |
09 Nov 1844 |
|
| Henry & Edward |
26 Jan 1850 |
Loss "Henry & Edward" schooner |
| Henry Curnon |
07 Jun 1851 |
Piracy "Henry Curnon" |
| Henry Wynch |
08 Jan 1853 |
"Henry Wynch" stowaways on the "Raven" |
| Her Majesty |
26 Mar 1855 |
Missing SS "Her Majesty" |
| Herald |
09 Nov 1844 |
|
| Herald |
22 May 1852 |
Mutiny and sinking "Herald" |
| Hercules |
27 Dec 1852 |
HMS Hercules, 72 - emigration ship |
| Hercules |
08 Jan 1853 |
HMS Hercules to be fitted as an emigrant ship - |
| Hercules |
13 Aug 1853 |
HMS Hercules - RoP |
| Hercules |
13 Aug 1853 |
HMS Hercules arrives Melbourne, from Adelaide with 183 passengers |
| Hercules |
13 Aug 1853 |
HMS Hercules arrives Adelaide 25 Jul from Cork which she left of 14 Apr and Cape 21 Jun with 375 immigrants for Adelaide and Port Phillip. |
| Hercules |
20 Aug 1853 |
HMS Hercules arrives Melbourne for Hong Kong via Sydney |
| Hercules |
20 Aug 1853 |
HMS Hercules arrives Sydney 16 Aug 1853, Capt Beynton, from Melbourne which she left on 12th int. - passenger Mr Dumaresq (no doubt with close naval connections - |
| Herder |
28 Aug 1854 |
Fire "Herder" - en route from London |
| Herefordshire |
13 Mar 1854 |
"Herefordshire" East Indiaman |
| Hero |
24 Feb 1849 |
Fire "Hero" |
| Hero |
03 Mar 1849 |
Fire "Hero" |
| Hero |
13 Sep 1851 |
Loss "Hero" NZ schooner |
| Hero |
17 Oct 1853 |
Fire "Hero" Barque - extract from log |
| Heroine |
09 Aug 1845 |
Account of the vessel's passage from Sydney to Port Essington via the Torres Straits |
| Heroine |
08 Aug 1846 |
Loss "Heroine" |
| Heroine |
21 Nov 1846 |
Wreck "Heroine" |
| Heroine |
12 Oct 1850 |
Losses "Bramble", "Heroine" & "Lucy Ann" schooners |
| Heroine |
14 Dec 1850 |
Losses "Bramble", "Heroine" & "Lucy Ann" |
| Heroine |
07 May 1853 |
Wreck "Heroine" |
| Hesper |
17 Jul 1854 |
Loss "Favorite" and US ship "Hesper" - again almost unreadable |
| Hester |
26 Jun 1854 |
Wrecks "Hester", "Doelwyck", & "Mahaica" |
| Highlander |
03 Jul 1852 |
Sunk "Highlander" |
| Hilton |
24 Jul 1854 |
Fire "Hilton" extinguished with help from others in the harbour - HMS Fantome assists "Hilton" to put out fire |
| Himalaya |
17 May 1845 |
Merchant Seaman's Act |
| Himalaya |
15 Jan 1855 |
RoP "Himalaya" |
| Hindostan |
10 Nov 1849 |
"Hindostan" Royal Visitors to P&O Vessel |
| Hiram |
08 Jan 1855 |
Wreck "Hiram" brig, from Shanghai wrecked of the Lima Isles |
| Honduras |
09 Nov 1844 |
|
| Hope |
10 Aug 1850 |
Loss "Hope" cutter |
| Hope |
25 Dec 1854 |
Foundered "Hope" schooner |
| Horsburg |
29 Oct 1855 |
Wreck "Horsburg" with silver and copper ore was driven on shore in Valparaiso Bay and went to pieces - no lives lost |
| Howard |
03 Aug 1850 |
Wreck "Howard" |
| Hudson |
01 Mar 1851 |
Court "Hudson - wages |
| Hugh Bourne |
18 Jun 1855 |
Wreck SS "Hugh Bourne" of Whitby ashore near Spanish Valley - Northern Times 21 Mar |
| Hugh Walker |
31 Oct 1853 |
"Hugh Walker" - re earlier court case - the true story per a passenger |
| Hugh Walker |
03 Sep 1855 |
"Hugh Walker" - emigrant ship Oct 1853 - complaints by passengers regarding the poor quality of food etc - case brought against the supplier of provisions by the ship's agents of Sydney - Glasgow Herald 14 May |
| Humboldt |
22 Jan 1853 |
"Humboldt" desertion |
| Hydrabad |
16 Aug 1845 |
Loss |
| Hydrabad |
02 Jul 1855 |
Loss "Hydrabad" at the entrance of Calcutta River whilst full of cargo and passengers - no lives lost |
| Ida |
25 May 1850 |
Loss "Ida" Schooner |
| Iliomama |
27 Aug 1853 |
Loss "Iliomama" schooner |
| Imam of Muscat |
09 Nov 1844 |
|
| Imperador |
21 May 1855 |
SS "Imperador" - War - vessels being fitted etc for the Crimea - transit of troops, stores and horses etc |
| Indefatigable |
29 Oct 1855 |
Chilian corvette Indefatigable blew up in Valparaiso |
| Independence |
04 Jun 1853 |
Loss "Independence" steamer with loss of 132 lives |
| Independence |
20 Aug 1853 |
Loss "Independence" US River boat |
| Indian |
03 Aug 1850 |
Emigrants "Indian" barque outrages committed on frmale emigrants |
| Indian |
11 Jan 1851 |
Loss "Indian" |
| Indian |
21 May 1855 |
SS "Indian" - War - vessels being fitted etc for the Crimea - transit of troops, stores and horses etc |
| Indian Queen |
05 Jun 1854 |
Mutiny "Indian Queen" |
| Indus |
13 Jul 1850 |
"Indus" leaky |
| Industry |
17 Oct 1846 |
Court "Industry" |
| Infanta |
25 Jun 1855 |
Waterlogged "Infanta" for 9 days - crew saved by the ship "Harkaway" |
| Inga |
13 Nov 1854 |
Taking of the brig "Inga" of New Bedford, Capt Barnes, 4 Dec 1852, off Pleasant Island |
| Irene |
17 Jul 1854 |
Loss "Irene" Barque - Fire |
| Iris |
20 Jul 1850 |
Yacht "Iris" Captain Henderson RN |
| Iris |
15 Oct 1855 |
Loss "Iris" US Whaler = Perth Gazette 24 Aug |
| Iron Age |
05 Mar 1855 |
Wreck "Iron Age" from UK for Portland - passengers and crew safe |
| Isaac Mead |
25 Jan 1851 |
Collision "Southerner" & "Isaac Mead" |
| Isabella |
03 Oct 1846 |
Wreck "Isabella" |
| Isabella |
02 Aug 1851 |
Loss "Isabella" schooner |
| Isabella |
17 Apr 1854 |
Loss "Isabella", barque near Fiji |
| Isabella |
28 May 1855 |
Pleasure Trip planned (!) to Sebastopol in the steam pleasure yacht Isabella |
| Isabella Ann |
14 Apr 1849 |
Court "Isabella Ann" |
| Isabella Anna |
14 Jul 1849 |
Court "Isabella Anna" |
| Isabella Anna |
21 Jul 1849 |
Court "Isabella Anna" |
| Isabella Anna |
01 Sep 1849 |
Court "Isabella Anna" |
| Isabella Anna |
15 Dec 1849 |
Court "Towns" v "Isabella Anna" |
| Isabella Watson |
03 Apr 1852 |
Wreck "Isabella Watson" |
| Island Queen |
20 Nov 1854 |
Wreck "Island Queen" RoP |
| Jack |
04 Oct 1851 |
Court "Jack" Embesslement |
| James Baines |
17 Sep 1855 |
Black Ball Line - "James Baines" arrives Melbourne in 65 days - Melbourne Age - eulogies regarding Donald McKay - shipbuilder |
| James Baines |
05 Nov 1855 |
Vindictive charges preferred against officers of the "James Baines" by a Dr Carr thrown out of court on the day prior to sailing - such presumably one the problems of being in trade in the 19th century ? |
| James Cheston |
09 Jul 1855 |
Abandoned "James Cheston" found by "Marathon" 30 deg N 40 deg W - failed attempt made to scuttle her - mate of the "Marathon", John B Thomas and men pumped her out and brought her back to the Mersey - she is now prepared for a new passage. |
| James Moran |
23 Oct 1854 |
Loss of many vessels in the ice in the North Atlantic |
| James Munro |
27 Apr 1850 |
Loss "James Munro" |
| James Munroe |
20 Apr 1850 |
Wreck "James Munroe" |
| James Shepherd |
10 May 1851 |
Wreck "James Shepherd", Captain Hoare 31 Jan 1851 |
| James T Foord |
10 May 1851 |
Aground "James T Foord," emigrant ship |
| James T Foord |
17 May 1851 |
Refloating "James T Foord" |
| James Watt |
09 Nov 1844 |
|
| Jan Henrick |
03 Jan 1846 |
Wreck |
| Jan Van Arkel |
23 Feb 1850 |
"Jan Van Arkel" Explosion |
| Jane |
09 Nov 1844 |
|
| Jane |
09 Nov 1844 |
|
| Jane |
23 Nov 1844 |
Court |
| Jane |
14 Dec 1844 |
Court |
| Jane |
02 May 1846 |
Court - Holmes v Flower |
| Jane |
13 May 1848 |
Court - Jane (whaler) - Conspiracy to Revolt |
| Jane |
03 Jun 1848 |
Court - Jane |
| Jane |
11 May 1850 |
Dismasted "Jane" barque |
| Jane |
23 Aug 1851 |
Court "Jane" former convicts |
| Jane |
03 Jan 1852 |
"Jane" Conspiracy |
| Jane |
03 Jan 1852 |
Court |
| Jane & Emma |
12 Jun 1852 |
Ashore "Jane & Emma" |
| Jane (whaler) |
17 Jan 1852 |
Court |
| Jane and Elizabeth |
09 Nov 1844 |
|
| Jane Freeman |
25 May 1850 |
Loss "Jane Freeman" |
| Jane Scott |
16 Jun 1849 |
Wreck "Jane Scott" |
| Janet |
17 Jan 1846 |
Court |
| Java |
07 Nov 1846 |
Court - Transport "Java" |
| Java |
02 Jan 1847 |
Court "Java" |
| Java |
09 Jan 1847 |
Court "Java" |
| Java |
28 Aug 1847 |
Troopship Java |
| Jean |
09 Nov 1844 |
|
| Jean |
21 May 1855 |
Wreck "Jean" Brig |
| Jean |
04 Jun 1855 |
Newcastle "Jean" brig raised |
| Jeannie Deans |
19 Apr 1851 |
Loss "Jeannie Deans" |
| Jenny Lind |
16 Nov 1850 |
Loss "Jenny Lind" Barque |
| Jenny Lind |
30 Nov 1850 |
Wreck "Jenny Lind" |
| Jessie |
22 Nov 1851 |
Court "Jessie" desertion of 2nd Officer |
| Jessie |
06 Dec 1851 |
Court "Jessie" disobedience |
| Jessie |
26 Nov 1855 |
Wreck "Jessie", schooner, of Geelong, ashore at Newcastle - full report |
| Jeune Dieppois |
15 Oct 1855 |
Piracy "Jeune Dieppois", French schooner, Cap JM Louvel, from Cardiff and Malaga - boarded by Moorish pirates |
| Jeune Lucie |
23 Apr 1855 |
"Jeune Lucie" reports that shipwrecked mariners murdered by natives |
| John |
16 Jul 1855 |
Capture "John", whale ship of New Bedford |
| John |
30 Jul 1855 |
Wreck "John" emigrant ship - with the lost of 200 lives - further particulars - including the names of some of those who were saved |
| John |
03 Sep 1855 |
Falmouth Magistrates Inquiry into the loss the emigrant ship "John" |
| John |
03 Sep 1855 |
Wreck "John" emigrant ship RoP - Morning Herald 9 May |
| John |
29 Oct 1855 |
Wreck "John" First proceedings instituted by the Board of Trade under the new Merchant Shipping Act - Morning Chronicle |
| John & Charlotte |
13 Jan 1849 |
"John & Charlotte" and "Ariel" - letter |
| John and Charlotte |
26 Apr 1845 |
Breach of the Harbour Regulations |
| John Anderson |
08 Oct 1855 |
Wreck "John Anderson", brig, gone to pieces on rocks near Eddistone Point - Argus |
| John Buchanan |
16 Aug 1851 |
RoP "John Buchanan" barque |
| John Bull |
13 Sep 1845 |
|
| John Bunyan |
24 Dec 1855 |
"John Bunyan" is 147 days from the Downs, but her having a very large general cargo, in addition to a quantity of shot and shell for the Government, has made her unusually deep. She brings no report. |
| John Hamilton |
05 Nov 1855 |
Abandoned "John Hamilton" Captain Sellers - RoP |
| John Henrick |
29 Nov 1845 |
Wreck |
| John Henrick |
06 Dec 1845 |
Wreck |
| John Melhuish |
05 Feb 1853 |
Fire "John Melhuish" and the case of Chief Mate Hall |
| John Mitchell |
21 Aug 1854 |
Fire "John Mitchell" at Leith |
| John Souchay |
30 Sep 1848 |
Wreck "John Souchay" |
| John Whiteley |
10 May 1851 |
Wreck "John Whiteley" |
| John Williams |
02 Nov 1844 |
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| John Williams |
30 Jul 1853 |
Missionaries "John Williams" |
| John Witt |
21 Dec 1850 |
Wrecks "John Witt", "Doris" & "Mary Ann" |
| Johnstone |
26 May 1851 |
Court Desertion from wife "Johnstone" Gold fever ? |
| Josephine Willis |
05 Mar 1855 |
Mutiny "Josephine Willis" |
| Josphine |
03 Nov 1849 |
Accident "Josphine" |
| Josphine |
10 Nov 1849 |
Accident "Josephine" - Correction |
| Jourdain |
30 Jul 1855 |
Liverpool launches: Jourdain, Fusilier, Retriever, SS Empress Eugenie, Harvest Home |
| Julia |
15 Mar 1845 |
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| Julia Percy |
03 May 1851 |
Affray with natives of Isle of Mara and "Julia Percy" - 2 items in this paper |
| Julia Percy |
10 May 1851 |
Affray with natives of Isle of Mara and "Julia Percy" |
| Julia Percy |
17 May 1851 |
Affray with natives of Isle of Mara and "Julia Percy" |
| Julia Percy |
07 Jun 1851 |
Affray with natives of Isle of Mara and "Julia Percy" |
| Julia Percy |
28 Jun 1851 |
Affray with natives of Isle of Mara and "Julia Percy" |
| Julia Percy |
12 Jul 1851 |
Court Murder - was Affray with natives of Isle of Mara and "Julia Percy" |
| Julia Percy |
22 Nov 1851 |
Court "Julia Percy" conspiracy on the high seas |
| Julia Percy |
03 Jan 1852 |
Court |
| Julia Percy |
03 Jan 1852 |
"Julia Percy" illigal hiring of seamen |
| Julia Percy |
10 Jan 1852 |
Court |
| Juniper |
16 Sep 1850 |
Wreck "Juniper" |
| Juniper |
26 Oct 1850 |
Wreck "Juniper" sold |
| Juno |
05 Oct 1844 |
Police court |
| Juno |
19 Oct 1844 |
Court |
| Juno |
07 Nov 1853 |
Wreck "Juno" Steamer - ashore north of Manning River |
| Juno |
14 Nov 1853 |
Wreck "Juno" - Wreck "Juno" sold |
| Jupiter |
20 Oct 1849 |
Launch "Jupiter" on the Thames |
| Kangaroo |
03 Jul 1854 |
Australian Pacific Steam Packet Co - Service to be suspended and vessels placed at the disposal of the Admiralty - "Emu" and "Kangaroo" initially and the other 3 vessels sold to La Compangnie des Messageries Maritimes Imperiales |
| Kate |
31 Mar 1849 |
Wreck "Kate" |
| Kate |
11 Oct 1851 |
Court "Kate" - Obstructing the Surgeon Superintendent |
| Kate |
25 Oct 1851 |
Court "Kate" Assault |
| Kate |
01 Nov 1851 |
Court "Kate" insubordination and neglect of duty |
| Kate |
16 Oct 1852 |
Quarantine "Kate" which includes those who joined from shore prior to the arrival of the Health Officer |
| Kate McWhinney |
18 Jun 1855 |
"Kate McWhinney" - protracted passage from Jamaica to Australia leaving 25 Mar 54 - recently arrived Oz. |
| Katherine Sharer |
09 Jul 1855 |
Sale of wrecks of "Katherine Sharer", "Apollo" etc |
| Keera |
10 Jan 1852 |
New Steamer |
| Keera |
10 Jan 1852 |
New Steamer "Keera" |
| Keera |
14 Feb 1852 |
First screw ship in Oz waters "Keera" |
| Kelso |
09 Nov 1844 |
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| Kelso |
18 Jan 1851 |
Mutiny "Kelso" |
| Kelso |
22 Feb 1851 |
Mutiny "Kelso" follow up court case |
| Kent |
18 Dec 1854 |
"Marco Polo," "Kent" and "Brilliant" - Race for England |
| Kent |
21 May 1855 |
Clipper race to UK - "Marco Polo" v "Kent" - controvercy over result |
| Kent |
28 May 1855 |
More on the race between the "Marco Polo" and the "Kent" |
| Kent |
30 Jul 1855 |
Arrival "Kent" RoP |
| Kestrel |
04 Oct 1845 |
Murder on the high seas |
| Kestrel |
20 Dec 1845 |
Murder |
| Kestrel |
27 Dec 1845 |
Court |
| Kiwi |
29 Jan 1855 |
Loss "Kiwi" brig |
| Kurramanny |
30 Aug 1851 |
Fire "Kurramanny" |
| La Hogue |
26 Nov 1855 |
Launch of "La Hogue" at Sunderland at the yard of Mr James Laing - also stats and details of ship |
| La Plata |
05 Feb 1853 |
SS "La Plata" Great speed |
| Lady Clarke |
25 Aug 1849 |
Misfortunes of "Lady Clarke" |
| Lady Denison |
22 Jun 1850 |
Missing "Lady Denison" with prisoners and their police escort |
| Lady Franklin |
26 Apr 1851 |
Phenomenon "Lady Franklin" |
| Lady Franklin |
09 Apr 1855 |
Piracy "Lady Franklin" prisoner turns Queen's evidience |
| Lady Franklin |
18 Jun 1855 |
Piracy "Lady Franklin" see 1853 for history of this saga - Merry and Davis committed to Supreme Court |
| Lady Gray, Sir Archibald Campbell and Hydras |
01 Mar 1845 |
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| Lady Harvey |
08 May 1854 |
Ashore "Lady Harvey" brig - at Shortland's Bluff |
| Lady Howden |
30 Nov 1850 |
Loss "Lady Howden" |
| Lady Jocelyn |
02 Apr 1855 |
French government want to hire "Lady Jocelyn" just arrived from Oz. Presumably for use in the Crimea |
| Lady Jocelyn |
21 May 1855 |
Court - Southampton - Seamen's Wages "Lady Jocelyn" |
| Lady Jocelyn |
09 Jul 1855 |
Court - Wages & Deserters "Lady Jocelyn", Capt Bird |
| Lady Kennaway |
16 Dec 1848 |
"Lady Kennaway" - Irish female orphan emigrants |
| Lady Mary Pelham |
15 Sep 1849 |
Wreck "Lady Mary Pelham" |
| Lady Mary Wood |
02 Nov 1850 |
Convict Ship "Lady Mary Wood" |
| Lady Montagu |
11 May 1850 |
Many deaths "Lady Montagu" |
| Lady Montagu |
18 May 1850 |
Pestilent Ship "Lady Montagu" |
| Lady Montague |
01 Jan 1853 |
"A nice Lot" convicts from England arrive at Hobart on the "Lady Montague" |
| Lady Nugent |
13 Dec 1851 |
Drowned Captain of the "Lady Nugent" |
| Lady Nugent |
05 Feb 1855 |
Missing "Lady Nugent" - letter |
| Lady Rowens |
16 Jul 1853 |
Fire "Lady Rowens" off Cape St Vincent |
| Lady Sale |
02 Oct 1852 |
Loss "Lady Sale" |
| Lancefield |
14 May 1855 |
New Opium Clipper "Lancefield" built on the Clyde |
| Larriston |
30 Jul 1853 |
Wreck SS "Larriston", Messrs Jardine, Matheson & Co |
| Launceston |
14 Aug 1854 |
Dreadful Mortality onboard the "Launceston" which left Melbourne with 120 passengers arriving Callao with only 15 following scarlet fever. |
| Laura |
26 Apr 1851 |
Near Loss "Laura" barque |
| Laurel |
26 May 1851 |
Search for guano "Laurel" |
| Laurel |
21 May 1855 |
Wreck "Laurel," Capt Fenner, from Callao to London ashore at Sidmouth |
| Laurel |
11 Jun 1855 |
Loss "Laurel" schooner, Capt Chinn, bound Melbourne to Hobart - all saved - including a considerable portion of the brandy being a part of the cargo. |
| Lavinia |
18 Jan 1851 |
"Lavinia" unable to round the Horn |
| Lawrence |
19 Jul 1851 |
Court Assault on captain "Lawrence" |
| Legerdemain |
14 Aug 1852 |
Loss "Legerdemain" |
| Legerdemain |
27 Dec 1852 |
Crew of the "Legerdemain" barque - saga |
| Leonora |
04 Oct 1851 |
Fire "Leonora" |
| Letitia |
21 May 1855 |
Wreck "Letitia" schooner |
| Leviathan |
11 Jun 1855 |
New Steamship by IKB - SS "Leviathan" |
| Leviathan |
03 Sep 1855 |
PS "Leviathan" to be 25,000 tons burthen |
| Light of the Age |
17 Dec 1855 |
New clipper "Light of the Age" |
| Lightfoot |
15 Oct 1855 |
Loss US Ship "Lightfoot", 2,000 tons, Capt S Pearce, on second trip Straits Times 24 Jul |
| Lightning |
08 May 1854 |
New Clipper "Lightning" |
| Lightning |
07 Aug 1854 |
"Lightning" arrives Hobson's Bay |
| Lightning |
22 Jan 1855 |
"Lightning" RoP |
| Lightning |
11 Jun 1855 |
Wreck "Lightning" cutter |
| Lima |
20 Oct 1849 |
RoP "Lima" |
| Lima |
23 Oct 1854 |
Cholera "Lima" bound London for Hobart puts in to Falmouth. HMS Avon precedes "Lima" into Falmouth |
| Lima |
18 Dec 1854 |
"Lima" arrives eventually having had to put into Falmouth with cholera onboard |
| Lioness |
24 Apr 1854 |
Wreck "Lioness", schooner ashore at Clarke's Island |
| Litherland |
16 Jul 1853 |
Wreck "Litherland" |
| Lively |
20 Aug 1855 |
Piracy "Lively" brig, Captain James Napier - in order to save the lives of crew Captain abandoned vessel prior to pirates attacking and was later picked up by the barque "Empress" |
| Llewellyn |
14 Aug 1854 |
"Llewellyn" disappearance of Captain Cook |
| Lloyds |
07 Dec 1850 |
Loss "Lloyds" Barque |
| Lockwoods |
13 Nov 1854 |
Mutiny "Lockwoods" |
| London Packet |
26 Feb 1855 |
Loss "London Packet" whaling barque |
| Lord Aukland |
17 Apr 1847 |
Journal "Lord Aukland" |
| Lord Aukland |
17 Apr 1847 |
Wreck "Lord Aukland" |
| Lord Eldon |
15 Mar 1845 |
Wreck |
| Lord Hobart |
24 Nov 1849 |
Revolt brig "Lord Hobart" |
| Lord Mongomery |
06 Aug 1855 |
Missing "Lord Mongomery" brig - Nelson Examiner 27 Jun - later reported in the Melbourne Herald to be all safe |
| Lord of the Isles |
06 Feb 1854 |
"Lord of the Isles" arrived last night |
| Lord Stanley |
28 Jun 1851 |
Loss "Lord Stanley" |
| Lord William Bentinck |
23 Jan 1854 |
"Lord William Bentinck" - good conduct of seamen |
| Louis |
27 Dec 1852 |
Court "Louis" claiim for wages |
| Louisa |
09 Nov 1844 |
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| Louisa |
15 Aug 1846 |
Court - "Louisa" - theft of cargo |
| Louisa |
16 Jun 1849 |
Wreck "Louisa" |
| Louisa |
18 Jun 1855 |
Wreck "Louisa" on rocks at Newton - Northern Times 21 Mar |
| Louisa Campbell |
26 Jun 1847 |
Wreck "Louisa Campbell" |
| Lucie Maria |
01 Oct 1855 |
Stranding "Lucie Maria" at Gawler Flats |
| Lucy Ann |
17 Jul 1847 |
Court "Lucy Ann" |
| Lucy Ann |
04 Sep 1847 |
Court "Lucy Ann" |
| Lucy Ann |
12 Oct 1850 |
Losses "Bramble", "Heroine" & "Lucy Ann" schooners |
| Lucy Ann |
14 Dec 1850 |
Losses "Bramble", "Heroine" & "Lucy Ann" |
| Lumma |
21 May 1855 |
Wreck "Lumma" Dutch schooner - crew saved by Ramsgate life-boat which was towed to the wreck by tug |
| Lydia |
20 Feb 1847 |
Wreck "Lydia" |
| Lydia |
13 Mar 1847 |
Wreck "Lydia" sold |
| Lydia |
29 Jan 1853 |
"Lydia" Assault by captain |
| Lydia |
29 Jan 1853 |
"Lydia" wages |
| Madagascar |
08 May 1854 |
Missing "Madagascar" enroute Melbourne to London |
| Madagascar |
12 Jun 1854 |
Missing "Madagascar" |
| Madagascar |
18 Sep 1854 |
Rumours still circulating about the missing ship "Madagascar |
| Madagascar |
05 Mar 1855 |
Rumour "Madagascar" |
| Madge Wildfire |
12 Apr 1851 |
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