Mariners and ships in Australian Waters

SIR EDWARD PARRY

BARQUE OF LONDON, ALEXANDER DISTANT, MASTER, BURTHEN 250 TONS
FROM A WHALING VOYAGE TO PORT JACKSON, NEW SOUTH WALES
23RD OCTOBER 1852
Surname Given name Station Age Of what Nation Status Comments
DISTANT ALEXANDER MASTER     CREW Sailed 11 Oct. 1852
Auckland Isles
  23 VARIOUS   VARIOUS CREW 700 Barrels
Sperm Oil
          CREW 1 Lost Overboard

 

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], reel 1279.   Transcribed by Dorothy D'Arcy.

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