Mariners and ships in Australian Waters

BETA

OF SHANGHAI, JOHN WATT, MASTER, BURTHEN 314 TONS
FROM THE PORT OF TAKOW TO SYDNEY, NEW SOUTH WALES, 28TH MAY 1883

Surname Given name Station Age Of what nation Status Comments
WATT JOHN MASTER     CREW  
MEHLSKAN B? 1ST MATE 30 SCHLESINGER CREW  
HIENS? J? BOATSWAIN 28 ANTWERP CREW  
AH ISEEAH COOK 27 AMOY CREW  
AH MAHA STEWARD 32 AMOY CREW  
TUI TIAS CARPENTER 38 AMOY CREW  
AH CHOO A. B. 27 AMOY CREW  
AH CHEONG A. B. 26 AMOY CREW  
AH CHEONG A. B. 3? AMOY CREW STRUCK THROUGH
AH LICK A. B. 30? AMOY CREW  
AH LEE A. B. 38 AMOY CREW  
KAT? CHONG A. B. 47 JAVA CREW  
HARIDIN   A. B. 45 JAVA CREW  
AH BOY? SAILORS COOK 22 AMOY CREW  

 

Source: State Records Authority of New South Wales: Shipping Master's Office; Passengers Arriving 1855 - 1922; NRS13278, [X161] reel 455.   Transcribed by Ed Simpson.

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