Mariners and ships in Australian Waters

ANSELL GIBBS

SHIP OF NEW BEDFORD, JAMES MERRIHEW , MASTER, BURTHEN 319 TONS,
FROM THE PORT OF WHALING VOYAGE TO PORT JACKSON, NEW SOUTH WALES, 28TH FEBRUARY 1848

Surname Given name Station Age Of what Nation Status Comments
MERRIHEW JAMES MASTER     CREW Sailed New Bedford
5 Jun 1845
Sandwich Is. 7 Dec. 1847
    20 VARIOUS   VARIOUS CREW Lading 1300 Barrels Black
& 30 Barrels Sperm Oil &
42 Bales Whalebone

 

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 Dorothy D'Arcy.

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