Mariners and ships in Australian Waters

SHEFFIELD

SHIP OF NEW YORK, THOMAS ROSS, MASTER, BURTHEN 579 TONS
FROM A WHALING VOYAGE TO PORT JACKSON, NEW SOUTH WALES
26TH DECEMBER 1851

Surname Given name Station Age Of what Nation Status Comments
ROSS THOMAS MASTER     CREW Sailed 20 Feb. Hong
Kong & Behring Sts.
  39 VARIOUS   VARIOUS CREW 1600 Barrels Black Oil
PETERS   MR.     PASSENGER CABIN
COREBTT G.H.       PASSENGER STEERAGE

 

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 Lyn Mulcahy.

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