Fortitude (ship)

The Fortitude
History
Name: Fortitude
Builder: Tindall, Scarborough
Launched: 1842
General characteristics
Class and type: Barque
Tons burthen: 608 tons, 640 tons, or 750 tons burthen.[1]

Fortitude was a sailing ship. In 1848-9, she was one of three ships chartered by the Rev Dr John Dunmore Lang to bring free immigrants to Brisbane, Australia; the other ships being the Chaseley and the Lima.[2]

Captained by John Christmas, she departed Gravesend on 14 September 1848, arriving Moreton Bay on 21 January 1849.[1][3] Fortitude Valley (where many of the immigrants settled) is named in her honor.[4]

Notable immigrants on the Fortitude

References

  1. 1 2 "Some Interesting Snippets about the Fortitude". Retrieved 2 January 2010.
  2. "Dr John Dunmore Lang Sponsored Immigrant Ships". Brisbane History. Retrieved 15 February 2015.
  3. "A Super Six Hundred.". The Brisbane Courier (National Library of Australia). 21 July 1928. p. 21. Retrieved 15 February 2015.
  4. "Brisbane Fortitude Valley, Chinatown". Retrieved 2 January 2010.

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