Mariners and ships in Australian Waters

CERES

AMERICAN SHIP OF NEW BEDFORD, MAYHEW ADAMS, MASTER, BURTHEN 320 TONS,
FROM A WHALING VOYAGE TO PORT JACKSON, NEW SOUTH WALES, 28TH JULY 1848

Surname Given name Station Age Of what Nation Status Comments
ADAMS MAYHEW MASTER     CREW Sailed New Bedford
28 July 1845 &
Sunday Is. 27 February 1848
    29 VARIOUS   VARIOUS CREW Lading 1600 Barrels
Black Oil & 300 Barrels
Sperm Oil

 

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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