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Aotearoa New Zealand Shipping Index: This project aims to catalog the first generation of European immigrants to Aotearoa New Zealand during the 1800s (19th century arrivals), and to organise them by the ships they arrived on (dates used are the ones that the ship arrived in New Zealand on). Please add your pioneer ancestors to the project by going to their profile, click "actions" click "add t...
This project is for Captain of any ship and their travels for historical purposes. See other similar project at link below.Only Captain of a ship can be added under this project for easier research purposes. This section is ongoing and will be edited over time. 9/18/2022
The Rajasthan This 3 mast ship was built in 1837 in Bombay, and launched on July 19, 1837. She departed from London on July 26th, 1838 with Capt. Duncan Ritchie, for Plymouth. On July 31st 1838 arriving in Adelaide November 16th, 1838 with 254 passengers (incl. 18 cabin, 34 second cabin) If you have information on passengers or need help locating them on the tree, start a discussion here.. ...
AREND, Johann Andreas ALLES , Nikolaus BAUER , Johann Peter BAUM , Johannes BECKER , Jacob BÖBER , Anna Catharina Philippine BONENBERGER / BOHNENBERGER, Abraham BREIDBACH / BREITENBACH, Mathias DRUMM , Jacob FEITEN / VEITEN , Mathias FEY , Susanna FRITSCH , Cornelius FRÖHNER , Jacob GALLAS , Kilian GAUER , Nikolaus HÄSEL (HESSEL ) Peter, de Ulmet HÄSEL (HESSEL) P...
“Salty Dog” is nautical slang for an experienced sailor who has spent much of their life aboard a ship at sea. A salty dog is often given increased credibility by ship mates in matters pertaining to ship-board life and duties. Also known as an “old salt.”This project will include captains and crew of the following kinds of vessels:*Riverboats - A riverboat is a watercraft designed for inland na...
Background The VOC fitted out some 4,700 ships, nearly 1,700 in the seventeenth century and a good 3,000 in the eighteenth. Between 1602 and 1700, 317,000 people sailed from Europe on these ships, while between 1700 and 1795 this total reached 655,000. Although some of it is missing, a huge amount of information is available through various sources about arrivals and departures to and from th...
The Vrijheid arrived at the Cape of Good Hope on 23 June 1686 Ship’s type: Jacht (Yacht) Construction: Built in 1666 for the VOC Chamber of Amsterdam at the VOC ship yard in Amsterdam. Term: In use by the VOC from 1666 until 17 July 1691 when it was sold in Batavia. Length: 170 feet Breadth: 39 feet Loading capacity: 1210 tons Crew: 240-300 men Flag: Chamber of Zeeland Voyag...
The ship Adele, 450 tons, Captain J.F. Moller, from Hamburg 1st June 1856, the Downs, 8th June, arrived at Port Adelaide, South Australia 14th September 1856 ... departed Adelaide 29th September, arrived Melbourne 11th October 1856This is part of the Bound for South Australia - Ships Lists Portal Project Sources:* The Ships Passenger List This is a great time to add the profile to an Occupation...
This project is intended for all of those that served in the United States Continental Navy.The Continental Navy was the navy of the United States during the American Revolutionary War, and was formed in 1775. Through the efforts of the Continental Navy's patron, John Adams, and vigorous Congressional support in the face of stiff opposition, the fleet cumulatively became relatively substantial ...
The bad ship Beejapore brought 967 government-sponsored emigrants from Scotland to Australia in 1852-3, including about 240 Paisley weavers. Half of the adults were said to hail from the Isle of Skye (Source: ?). The passengers included 342 children; 56 passengers died en route, mostly of measles, 55 of them children (including newborn infants) and one a teenager. The makeup of the passengers w...
The China arrives in Table Bay 4 August 1688 Many sources give the name of the ship as Berg China, but the official Dutch records only give it as China. The confusion might stem from the fact that the China was captained by Pieter van den Berg on some of her voyages.* Ship’s type: Spiegelretourschip * Construction: Built in 1676 for the Chamber of Amsterdam at the VOC ship yard in Amsterdam.* T...
On the 23 October 1915, the Marquette, an Allied transport ship, was hit by a torpedo fired by a German submarine, and sank in the Aegean Sea, with great loss of life, including ten New Zealand nurses. The Marquette, a large steamer, was built in Glasgow in 1898. Designed as a cargo vessel, she was converted to a transport ship at the beginning of the First World War. It wasn’t a hospital ship...
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The ship Surry/Surrey from London, capt. G Sinclair in command, arrived at Holdfast Bay on the 11th October 1838.This is part of the Bound for South Australia - Ships Lists Portal Project Sources:* The Ships Passenger List This is a great time to add the profile to an Occupation Project and also to the country they settled FROM, Irish ; German and Prussian ; English ; Cornish ; Scottish ; Lanca...
The Somersetshire 1839 from London with Captain John Jackson and 234 passengers, arrived Port Adelaide on August 24th, 1839Sources:* The Ships Passenger List If you have information on passengers or need help locating them on the tree, start a discussion here.. ==Some of the passengers:* Samuel Sands a Tanner, and wife Elizabeth Keturah Putland ==StoriesRelated Projects:* Bound for South Austra...
The Bremen ship Leontine was built at Vegesack/Grohn by Johann Lange for the Bremen firm of D. H. Wätjen & Co., being launched on 19 April 1844. The South Australian Register Wednesday August 2 1848 Tuesday August 1, the Ship Leontine , 758 tons, William Ariaans, Master, from Bremen, 10th April. We have the pleasure to greet the arrival of another large batch of German emigrants by the Bremen s...
The ship Lady Macdonald, (Lady McDonald) 567 tons (680 tons, new measurement), Captain Henry Biles, from Plymouth 15th December 1854, arrived at Port Adelaide, South Australia 7th April 1855Sources:* The Ships Passenger List If you have information on passengers or need help locating them on the tree, start a discussion here.. ==Some of the passengers:The John Wakfer Family==Stories* Johns daug...
The ship Duchess of Northumberland, of 541 tons, with 254 emigrants, arrived here last night after a fine passage of 101 days, having sailed from London on the 8th and taken a final departure from Plymouth on the 20th July. The Surgeon Superintendent is M. A. Bowden, Esq., and the emigrants were under the spiritual care of the Rev. J. C. Bagshaw, a clergyman of the Established Church, by whom D...
The Coromandel arrived at Kingscote Kangaroo Island on the evening of January 10th or 11th 1837, moved on to Holdfast Bay (Glenelg) on January 17th 1837, and was the first migrant ship to arrive in South Australia, after proclamation of the government of the province. There were156 passengers when the ship left England, including 53 married (or in 2 cases about to be married) couples, 4 single ...
The ship Australia , 600 tons, Captain J. Meyer, from Hamburg 7th September 1850, arrived at Port Adelaide, South Australia 15th December 1850.Sources:* The Ships Passenger List This is a great time to add the profile to an Occupation Project and also to the country they settled FROM, Irish ; German and Prussian ; English ; Cornish ; Scottish
The ship Alfred , 562 / 604 tons, Captain H.E. Decker, from Hamburg 27th October 1849, via Plymouth 3rd November 1849, arrived at Port Adelaide, South Australia 31st January 1850 - on to Port Phillip 15th February, arriving 24th February 1850.Sources:* The Ships Passenger List This is a great time to add the profile to an Occupation Project and also to the country they settled FROM, Irish ; Ger...
The Beejapore made at least two voyages bringing immigrants to NSW, particularly from Scotland, many from Isle of Skye and many being Paisley weavers (see related projects). In 1863, she journeyed to Queensland, carrying more than 700 immigrants, and landed at both Rockhampton on 28 June 1863, and Brisbane (see: ?), a trip noted as "surely the largest single cargo of passengers ever landed in Q...
The James Moran was a 538-tonne barque, made in St. Martins, New Brunswick by the renowned shipwrights named Moran. The Emigration Dept. engaged the ship in Greenock, a convenient port for Glasgow, on 21 August 1838 for the express purpose of carrying emigrants, which it did with some frequency. In 1838, the James Moran, then only one year old, made its first voyage to Australia, sailing from L...
The Zuid-Beveland arrives in Table Bay 19 August 1688 * Ship’s type: Pinas * Construction: Built in 1680 for the Chamber of Zeeland at the VOC ship yard in Middelburg.* Term: In use by the VOC from 1681 until it burnt out in 1690 in Amsterdam.* Length: 130 feet* Breadth: 31 feet* Draught (depth): 13,5 feet* Loading capacity: 518 tons* Flag: Chamber of Zeeland =Voyage to the Cape:*Date of depart...
The Fairfield arrived in Port Adelaide on 14th Dec 1840 from London via Plymouth: Captain James Lee Monday, December 14.—The ship Fairfield, 434 tons, Captain James Lee, from London, Plymouth, and Table Bay, having left Plymouth on the 30th July, and the Cape in October. Passengers—Mr and Mrs Coke, Messrs Robinson, Rainsford, Barnett, and Burton (left at the Cape), and Battie (left behind at Pl...