Almorah (1817)
| History | |
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| Name: | Almorah |
| Owner: |
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| Builder: | J Foster, Selby |
| Launched: | 15 March 1817 |
| Fate: | Sank during storm in 1832 |
| General characteristics | |
| Tons burthen: | 416 ton |
| Length: | 127 feet (39 m) |
| Beam: | 31 feet 8 inches (9.65 m) |
| Propulsion: | Sail |
Almorah was a 416-ton sailing ship built at Selby, England in 1817.
On her first convict voyage, under the command on William McKissock, she transported 180 male convicts from Downs, England to Sydney. She departed The Downs on the 26 April 1817 and arrived in Sydney on the 29 August 1817. No convicts died on the voyage. She left Port Jackson on 26 October 1817 bound for Batavia.[1] She departed Waterford, Ireland on her second convict voyage, under the command of Thomas Wilson, on 22 August 1820 with 160 male convicts and arrived in Sydney on the 22 December 1820. One convict died on the voyage. During her third convict voyage, under the command of George Hay she carried 109 female convicts from Cork, Ireland to Sydney. She departed Cork on the 6 April 1824 and arrived in Sydney on the 20 August 1824. One convict died during the voyage.
In 1825, the Almorah was seized with her cargo by HMS Tamar at Calcutta.[2][3]
Fate
She foundered in the North Atlantic in 1832.[4]
Notes
- ↑ "Ship News". The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser, Saturday 1 November 1817, p.2. Retrieved 25 July 2013.
- ↑ "The Almorah". The Australian, Thursday 22 December 1825, p.2. Retrieved 25 July 2013.
- ↑ "Condemnation of the Almorah and her Cargo at Calcutta". Maquarie University. Retrieved 25 July 2013.
- ↑ "Ship Almorah". East India Company Ships. Retrieved 25 July 2013.
References
- Bateson, Charles, The Convict Ships, 1787–1868, Sydney, 1974. ISBN 0-85174-195-9