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19th Century Extracts from Various Newspapers, including
The Shipping Gazette, Sydney General Trade List 1844-1855, Daily News, Manchester Guardian, News of the World etc.
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- Losses, Collisions, Shipwrecks, Foundering and Accidents etc:
- Arson, Piracy, Mutiny, Cannibalism etc
- Campaigns against Pirates etc
- Court Cases with a Maritime Flavour
- Emigrant Shipping
- Foreign Government Vessels ie not GB
- Government Appointments (sample): Harbour Masters, Customs, Pilots etc.
- Miscellaneous Items
- Royal Navy - an assortment of various items related to the RN - see also Survey.
- Seamen - Misc Items - see also legislation
- Merchant Shipping Legislation, Seamen, Masters, Quarantine etc
- Merchant Shipping Movements and Intelligence (Sample) maybe more to come
- Sail Shipping
- Steam Shipping
- Slave Trade
- The South Seas - see also Surveying
- Survey vessels and Surveying etc.
- Technology
- Trade
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Losses and Accidents etc:
- The Wreck Of The Steamer Ajax - 1854
- Algerine ashore on Big Manly Point - 1851
- Loss of All Serene with 21 Passengers and Crew - 1864
- Destruction of the Royal Mail Steamer Amazon - 1851/2
- Amity - Mauritius Shipping - Gales - 1844
- Ann - Mauritius Shipping - Gales - 1844
- Loss Of The US Steamer Arctic, following collision with Vesta - 1854
- Ashburton - Fire - 1855
- Baldor - Collision with unknown vessel - 1846
- Loss of the Beaver - 1851
- Beliza - Shipwreck In The China Seas - 1854
- Loss of Bencoolen - with list of those who lost their lives - 1846
- Bordeaux - Mauritius Shipping - Gales - 1844
- Wreck of the Barque Brighton - 1855
- Loss of the Brig Sarah and Schooner Castlereagh - 1848
- The Loss of the Emigrant Ship Cataraquie - 1845
- Collision - Champion v. Melbourne - 1855
- Missing Steamer - City Of Glasgow - 1854
- Loss of the schooner Coolangatta - 1846
- Countess of Wilton - lost when going out of the harbour of Papiete - 1845
- Loss of The American Ship Delphos - 1846
- Loss of the cutter Domain - 1846
- Wreck of the Schooner Dundee Merchant - 1846
- Wreck of the Eleanor - 1846
- Shipwreck - Elizabeth and Will Watch - 1846
- Loss of the Schooner Emma Sherratt - 1850
- Collision Between the Steamers Pelican and Emu - 1855
- Loss Of The P & O Co. SV "Pacha" following collision with P & O Co. SV Erin (inc. list of those missing) - 1851
- Flora - Wreck - 1855
- Loss of the Frances Walker, and Sultana - 1854
- Wreck of the Francis Spaight (inc. list of persons drowned) - 1846
- George Buckham - Loss Of The Barque - 1851
- Golden Mirror - Loss - 1855
- Legalized Slavery - Coolie ship Grimanazee - account of 650 passengers being Abandoned - 1855
- Schooner Gypsy - Accident - Loss of master overboard - 1850
- Heroine, Emigrant Ship, Shipwreck at Lyme Regis, Dorset - 1852
- Heroine - Loss in the Torres Straits - 1846
- Wreck of The Hiram - 1854
- Danish Vessel Hiram - Shipwreck In The China Seas - 1854
- Hugh Matthie - Mauritius Shipping - Gales - 1844
- Loss of the "Indian," Indiaman - 1850
- Loss of the American Whaler Iris - 1855
- Loss of the Schooner Isabella - 1846
- Loss of the Brig Islay - 1844
- Loss Of The Barque Jane Gifford - 1844
- Investigation into the Causes of Shipwreck of the Emigrant Ship John - 1855
- Shipwreck of a Dutch Indiaman - John Hendrik - 1845
- Brig Jose Maria - Supposed To Be Lost - 1844
- Wrecks of a Julia - 1864
- Wreck of the KAPUNDA - 1887
- involving the Barques Ada Melmore and Ulysse (French)
- Lady Nugent - Boat Accident - loss of Master and boy - 1851
- Tenassarim - Visit to Mauritius to rescue survivors of the Letitia - 1846
- Loss of the American Ship Lightfoot - 1855
- Lightning - Disasters Reported from the Heads - 1855
- Wrecked ?? - The Lord Auckland - 1847
- Loss of The Barque Lord Eldon - 1844
- Wreck of the Lydia - 1847
- Macon - Mauritius Shipping - Gales - 1844
- Shipwrecks in Algoa Bay - Margaret - 1846
- Marianne - Shipwreck In The China Seas - 1854
- Loss of the Brig Mary of Liverpool - 1849 9 (Date of published report)
- Loss Of The Barque Mary Catherine - 1846
- The Loss of the Barque Mary White by fire - 1851
- Malay - Mauritius Shipping - Gales - 1844
- Mariam - Mauritius Shipping - Gales - 1844
- Wrecks on King's Island - the Whistler and Maypo - 1855
- Collision At Sea - Champion v. Melbourne - 1855
- Loss of the Steam Ship Mercury - 1855
- Loss Of The Schooner Minerva - 1849
- Shipwrecks in Algoa Bay - Mona - 1846
- Ship Monongabela, of New Bedford - 1854
- Loss of the Screw Steam Ship Morna - 1855
- Nancy - Disasters Reported from the Heads - 1855
- The Nestor Wreck - 1855
- Loss Of The Novelty - 1851
- Emigrant Ship Ocean Monarch Burnt at Sea - 1848
- Oceanus - Collision and Loss of Life in the Channel off Start Point - 1854
- Loss of the Opalia - 1851
- Loss Of The P & O Co. SV "Pacha" following collision with P & O Co. SV Erin - 1851
- Burning Of The " Palestine " - 1844
- Shipwrecks in Algoa Bay - Palestine - 1846
- Collision Between the Steamers Pelican and Emu - 1855
- Loss of the Peruvian - 1846
- Loss of the Phoenix - 1852
- Wreck Of The Pilot - 1850
- Loss of the Planet - 1855
- Polly Hopkins - on the Oyster bank - 1854
- Loss of the Prima Donna - 1846
- The Loss of the Prince George - 1846
- Prince Of The Seas - Ashore - 1855
- Wrecks of a Steamer Rainbow, and Three Sailing Vessels with the Loss of Ten Lives - 1864
- Shipwrecks in Algoa Bay - 1846
- Cutter Resolution Upset - Life Lost - 1844
- Wreck Of The Brig Richard Dart - 1849 (Inc. list of survivors).
- Collision at Sea - Schooner Robert and the Hunter
- Wreck of the ship Sir Robert Peel - 1847
- Rosebud - Disasters Reported from the Heads - 1855
- Loss of the Brig Sarah and Schooner Castlereagh - 1848
- Vessel "Ship of War" - Disasters Reported from the Heads - 1855
- Shipwrecks in Algoa Bay Sophia - 1846
- Wreck of the Spirit of the Ocean - 1866
- Loss of the Squatter - 1846
- Loss of the Frances Walker, and Sultana - 1854
- Surat Merchant - Mauritius Shipping - Gales - 1844
- Collision between the steamer Thistle and cutter Back Swan - 1846
- Thomas Chadwick - Shipwreck In The China Seas - 1855
- Wreck of the Tyrian - 1851
- Wreck of the Valentine Helicar - 1855
- Loss Of The US Steamer Arctic, following collision with Vesta - 1854
- Wreck of the Yacht Wanderer - 1851
- Wrecks on King's Island - the Whistler and Maypo - 1855
- Shipwrecks Elizabeth and Will Watch - 1846
- Wreck of Ship William Laytin - 1855
- William Wilson - Mauritius Shipping - Gales - 1844
- William Scott, master of the Young Queen drowned - 1846
- Wrecks of a Woolloomooloo - 1864
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Emigrant Ships
- The Emigrant Ship Artemisia - 1848
- Reported Breaches of the Passengers Act to the House of Lords - Aden, Concord, Aden, John Munn, Waverley, Lysander, Thomas Arbuthnot, William Morris, Thetis, Earl Grey, Sobraon, James Gibb, Inconstant, General Palmer, Manchester, Ramilies, Lloyds, Mary Anne and Harbinger - 1850
- Athlete - Irregularity in an Immigrant Ship - 1855
- The Havering - 1849
- The emigrant ship William Hammond - 1855
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Merchant Shipping Legislation, Quarantine etc
- Anti-Crimping Legislation - An Act for the protection of seamen entering on board merchant ships - 1845
- More on Anti-Crimping Legislation - An Act for the protection of seamen entering on board merchant ships in New South Wales - 1847
- Notice of a Licence under the above Anti-Crimping Legislation - 1850
- New Emigration Act, each emigrant vessel will be obliged to carry a fire engine on board (Oct 1852)
- Fog Signals - Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Co. - 1855
- Bill To Regulate Steam-Boats In The Canadas - 1844
- Appointment of a Board for Inspecting Steam Vessels &c., Moreton Bay - 1851
- Board for the inspection - Regulation of Sea-Going Steam Boats carrying Passengers - 1848 - NSW
- Steam Navigation - Introduction of Water-tight Compartments ; Lifeboats ; Exhibition of Lights ; Fire hose - 1846
- New Steam Navigation Regulations For Victoria - Navigation Lights - 1855
- Abstract of an Act for the Regulation of Steam Navigation and for requiring Sea-going Vessels to carry Boats - 1847
- Regulations for Steam Vessels Carrying Lights - 10 March 1848 - NSW
- Amended Regulations Respecting the Lights To Be Exhibited by Steam Vessels - 1848
- Steamer's Lights to Prevent Collision - 1848
- Government Bill Requiring sea going vessels to carry boats and to be Partitioned - 1846
- Voluntary Examining of Masters and Mates in the Merchant Service - 1845
- General Certificates of Competency or Service - Notice to Masters and Mates of Home Trade Passenger Ships - 1855
- The Mercantile Marine Act 1850 - Improving the Condition of Masters, Mates, and Seamen, and maintaining Discipline in the Merchant Service - 1850
- Merchant Seamen - Register of Seamen - 1850
- The Merchant Seamen's Fund - 1854
- Navigation Laws - An Act to amend the laws in force for the Encouragement of British Shipping and Navigation - 1850
- The New Law on Merchant Shipping - 1855
- Merchant Shipping - Registration of Vessels - 1855
- The Passengers' Act, 1849 - An Act for regulating the carriage of Passengers in Merchant Vessels - 1849
- Passengers' Act Amendment - 1849
- Proclamation On The Passengers' Act - 1850
- The Passengers' Act - Rules concerning Passengers - 1850
- Act to Amend the Laws for the Payment on Pilotage on Shipping and to Secure the Payment of Harbour and Other Dues on Shipping - 1847
- The Pilot Service - Board of Investigation - 1855.
- Pilotage Fees Paid to Pilots - Port Jackson - 1845-8
- Pilots And Steam Vessels - 1849
- Postage Act - Caution To Masters Of Vessels - 1855
- Powers of Colonial Courts, Trial of prisoners who have committed offences at sea - 1850
- Quarantine Regulations - 1855
- The Absurdities of Quarantine - 1855
- The Doom Of Quarantine - 1850
- Quarantine Station - Newcastle, NSW - 1851
- Registration Of Colonial Ships - 1855
- First Report from the Select Committee on Shipwrecks - 1844
- Report on he Admiralty Register of Wrecks for 1853
- Signal Lights For Steam-ships - 1848
- Signal Lights For Steam-ships - Letter - 1848
- Sir James Graham's Act - recovery of wages - 1844.
Statistics of Shipping and Tonnage - built and registered in the several ports of the British empire in the year ended January 5th 1855
- Return of the number of vessels cleared inwards and outwards - Sydney, NSW year ending 31 Dec 1854
- Tonnage Admeasurement - 1855.
- Shipwreck Statistics within 10 miles of the British coastline
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Samples of items which can be found in the
Shipping Gazette
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