Mariners and ships in Australian Waters

BROUGHAM

 TONNAGE 250, MASTER BUNKER OR BRINKER, SAILED 2ND SEPTEMBER 1844
FROM WHENCE, LONDON ON A WHALING VOYAGE TO PORT JACKSON ? APRIL 1846

Surname Given name Station Age Of what Nation Status Comments
BUNKER J A MASTER     CREW name may be BRINKER
  23 VARIOUS   VARIOUS CREW Nil passengers
KENNEDY ROBERT SEAMAN     CREW Died on voyage 16th Oct…. of lungs
HARMAN JS SEAMAN     CREW Died on voyage 14th April, 1845 …. Fever
BIRCHAM THS SEAMAN     CREW Died on voyage 22nd April, 1845 …..
          NOTE Four cases of fever on board after leaving Batavia on 2nd April 1845, resulting in two deaths

 

Source: State Records Authority of New South Wales: Shipping Master's Office; Passengers Arriving 1826 - 1900; Part Colonial Secretary series covering 1845 - 1853, reels 1272 [4/5227] -1280 [4/5244].   Transcribed by Gloria Sheehan.

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