Mariners and ships in Australian Waters

ELIZABETH

SHIP OF NEW BEDFORD, MICHAEL BAKER, MASTER, BURTHEN 340 TONS
FROM A WHALING VOYAGE TO PORT JACKSON, NEW SOUTH WALES, 16TH DECEMBER 1850

Surname Given name Station Age Of what Nation Status Comments
BAKER MICHAEL MASTER     CREW Sailed 26 October 1847 New Bedford
& 15 June 1850 Ascension Is.
  28 VARIOUS   VARIOUS CREW Lading 1600 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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