Mariners and ships in Australian Waters

FANNY FISHER

OF SYDNEY, LEONARD E. WEST, Master, Burthen 239 TONS
WHALING VOYAGE to SYDNEY, New South Wales, 21st OCTOBER 1873

SURNAME GIVEN NAME STATION AGE OF WHAT NATION STATUS COMMENTS
WEST LEONARD E. CAPTAIN     CREW  
LEARNIS WILLIAM 1st MATE 30 AGONE CREW  
MOORE ROBERT 2nd MATE 29 R??TONGA CREW  
CHRISTIAN ISAAC G. 3rd MATE 24 P?EA??? CREW  
MATHEWSON JOHN R. CARPENTER 36 SCOTLAND CREW  
HODGES ALBERT COOK STEWARD 33 ST. JOHN CREW  
ROBINSON JOHN BOATSWAIN 26 MAURITIUS CREW CREW
MR. ROBINSON BEING SICK & UNFIT TO PROCEED WITH THE SHIP ELECTED TO REMAIN ON SHORE AT NORFOLK ISLAND TO BE SENT ONTO AUCKLAND.
MCGILL JOHN BOATSWAIN 23 GUAM CREW  
RAMA CHARLEY BOATSWAIN 26 SAVAGE ISL CREW  
EDWARDS JOHN BOATSWAIN 38 SANDWICH ISL CREW  
SANAWICH JACK O. S. 25 SANDWICH ISL CREW  
LENI TOMMIE A. B. 28 SAVAGE ISL CREW  
REUBEN   O. S. 20 FIGI CREW  
JOHN JAMES O. S. 23 SINGAPORE CREW  
SAVAGE CHARLEY A. B. 30 SAVAGE ISL CREW  
LAI NINO O. S. 35 JAVA CREW  
GEORGE   O. S. 18 SAMOA CREW  
ROTUMAH GEORGE A. B. 24 ROTURUAH CREW  
DAVID   A. B. 18 ATUTUKAI CREW  
SAMIE   A. B. 16 ATUTUKAI CREW  
BELFORD JOHN A. B. 42 S.S.ISLAND CREW  
TOMMY TOMMIE A. B. 26 SAVAGE ISL CREW  
MCMAHON THOMAS COOPER 22 SYDNEY CREW  
AREAIM   O. S. 36 JAVA CREW  
HOWARD   O. S. 18 FIGI CREW  
JIMMY   O. S. 18 LIPON CREW  
MAKITA BILL A. B. 51 ST. CHRISTINE CREW  
HOLME MANUEL A. B. 52 CAPE DE VERD CREW  
EDWARDS THOMAS A. B. 16 CAPE OF GOOD HOPE CREW  
MAKITA HARRY A. B. 26 CAPE DE VERD CREW  
SMITH JOSEPH COOK     CREW WHILST LAYING AT THE CHESTERFIELD BANKS AND THE BOATS AWAY WHALING JOSEPH SMITH THE COOK WAS MISSED FROM THE SHIP AND NOTHING HEARD OF HIM AFTER. SUPPOSED TO BE DROWNED ON OR ABOUT THE 28th JULY 1873.

 

Source: State Records Authority of New South Wales: Shipping Master's Office; CGS 13278, Passengers Arriving 1855 - 1922; X129-130, SR Reel 429, 1873.   Transcribed by Dahlis Evans.

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Mary-Anne Warner
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