Mariners and ships in Australian Waters

VICTORIA

OF TASMANIA, JNO. COMSTOCK, MASTER, BURTHEN 186 TONS
FROM THE PORT OF HOBART TOWN, WHALING VOYAGE TO SYDNEY, NEW SOUTH WALES, 19 AUGUST, 1863

Surname Given name Station Age Of what Nation Status Comments
COMSTOCK JNO. CAPTAIN     CREW  
LAWRENCE JOSEPTO 2ND MATE 28 CAPE DE VERDE CREW MADE MARK
BARNES GILBERT W. 3RD MATE 21 DARTMOUTH CREW  
BEN   4TH MATE   FRIENDLY ISLANDS CREW MADE MARK
VENNER EMANUEL BOATSWAIN 27 WESTERN ISLANDS CREW  
COCKING JOHN CARPENTER 25 CORNWALL CREW  
THOMPSON EDWARD SHIP KEEPER 29 LONDON CREW MADE MARK
REDFEARN F. STEWARD 26 LEEDS CREW  
CUMPOTY JOSEPH COOK 36 LANCASHIRE CREW  
NEMORORO JOSE SEAMAN 20 NTH AMERICA CREW  
MC MAHON PETER SEAMAN 34 IRELAND CREW  
DUNIGE H. SEAMAN 40 IRELAND CREW  
ELLIOT JAMES SEAMAN 19 HOBART TOWN CREW  
NIEBSEN WILLIAM SEAMAN 18 TASMANIA CREW  
POOL JOHN SEAMAN 22 TASMANIA CREW  
TOGO JOHN BOY 15 TASMANIA CREW  
LAWRENCE JAMES SEAMAN   CAPE DE VERDE CREW MADE MARK
BIRMINGHAM PETER SEAMAN 17 ENGLAND CREW MADE MARK
GRENEST ROBERT SEAMAN 26 ? CREW  
STEWART WILLIAM SEAMAN 19 GLASGOW CREW  
ROBINSON JOSEPH C. SEAMAN 26 NEW YORK CREW  
HAYER CHAUNCEY SEAMAN 24 NEW YORK CREW  
KING WILLIAM SEAMAN 28 SYDNEY CREW  
SMITH ANTHONY SEAMAN 28 FAYAL CREW MADE MARK

 

Source:State Records Authority of New South Wales: Shipping Master's Office; Passengers Arriving 1855 - 1922; NRS13278, [X108-110] reel 412.   Transcribed byEileen Roby, 2004.

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