Dorset (1838 ship)

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History
United Kingdom civil ensignUnited Kingdom
NameDorset
Owner1838: William Porter
BuilderWilliam Porter, Liverpool
Launched1838
Fatewrecked 1852
General characteristics
TypeBrig
Tons burthen81 (bm)
Length73.8 feet (22.5 m)
Beam15.8 feet (4.8 m)
Draught9.2 feet (2.8 m)
PropulsionSail

Dorset was a merchant ship built by William Porter at Liverpool, England in 1835.[1] She made a number of voyages around the south east coast of Australia with cargo and undertook one voyage transporting 9 male convicts to New South Wales.

Career[]

Under the command of John Mackie, she sailed from Port Adelaide on 20 November 1840 and arrived at Sydney on 1 December 1840. She carried passengers and embarked 9 male convicts under the command of three constables.[2]

Dorset departed Port Jackson on 14 December 1840, bound for Port Phillip, with passengers.[3]

Fate[]

While sailing under the command of Captain Birdwood from Hobart to Melbourne, she was wrecked upon the Kent Group in Bass Strait on 28 May 1852. No lives were lost.[4]

Citations[]

Citations

  1. ^ Lloyd's Register of Shipping (1840).
  2. ^ "Shipping Intelligence". The Sydney Monitor and Commercial Advertiser. 1 December 1840. p. 3. Retrieved 15 October 2017.
  3. ^ "Shipping Intelligence". The Sydney Monitor and Commercial Advertiser. 14 December 1840. p. 3. Retrieved 15 October 2017.
  4. ^ "Victoria". The Shipping Gazette and Sydney General Trade List. 26 June 1852. p. 172. Retrieved 15 October 2017.
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