Bengalee (barque)
| History | |
|---|---|
| malformed flag imageUnited Kingdom | |
| Name | Bengalee |
| Port of registry | |
| Builder | Archibald P McFarlane Jnr & Co., Dumbarton[1] |
| Launched | 1837 |
| Fate | Wrecked 23 October 1851 |
| General characteristics | |
| Tons burthen | |
| Length | 101'2" |
| Beam | 23' |
| Depth | 17'7" |
Bengalee was a three-masted merchant barque built in 1837 at Dumbarton, Scotland. She first appeared in Lloyd's Register in 1838 with Hamlin, master, Hamlin and Company, of Greenock, owners, and trade Clyde–Calcutta.[2] Captain Thomas Hamlin did not allow the consumption of alcohol on his ship, thus it was known as a |temperance ship.
Voyages
1837
Hamburg to Port Adelaide, South Australia. Bengalee left Hamburg on 16 July 1838 and stopped at the Downs. She arrived at Kingscote, South Australia on 9 November and at Port Adelaide on 16 November. Although primarily carrying supplies, she also carried 27 passengers, among whom were a group of the first Prussian settlers to Australia. From Port Adelaide she sailed on 29 February 1839 to Batavia.
Passenger List
| Names | Age | Occupation | Birthplace | Remarks | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Last | Given | ||||
| Families | |||||
| Both | Johann Heinrich | 42 | Agr. Labourer | Holstein, Prussia | in the cabin |
| Joachime Georgine Jiliane Meta (Aldenhoven) | 30 | " | |||
| Johann Christian Heinrich | 10 | " | |||
| Anna Margaretha Petrine | 8 | " | |||
| Johanne Margaretha Emma | 5 | " | |||
| Carl Christian Wilhelm | 3 | died at sea | |||
| Fritz Christian Marno | 1 | in the cabin | |||
| Knispel | Johann Gottfried | 42 | Farmer | Brandenburg, Prussia | |
| Anna Rosina (Pfeiffer) | 41 | ||||
| Anna Dorothea | 16 | ||||
| Johann Christian | 14 | ||||
| Johann Gottfried | 9 | ||||
| Johanne Luise | 7 | ||||
| Johanne Eleonore | 2 | ||||
| Warmbrunn | Friedrich Traugott | 35 | Clothmaker | Stadt Guben | |
| Luise Auguste (Sagitz) | 31 | ||||
| Traugott Hermann | 6 | ||||
| Juliane Maria | 4 | ||||
| Traugott Christian Emmanuel | 2 | ||||
| Paul Johannes Daniel | inf | ||||
| Zilm | Johann Christian | 39 | Farmer | Goltzen, Prussia | |
| Anna Dorothea (Mattiske) | 28 | ||||
| Johann Friedrich Wilhelm | 10 | ||||
| Johann Friedrich | 7 | ||||
| Single Men | |||||
| Aldenhoven | Franz Sophius Ferdinand | 23 | Winegrower | Holstein | in the cabin |
| Aldenhoven | Hermann Marno Carsten | 27 | Farmer | Holstein | " |
| Engelhardt | Johann Wilhelm Eduard | 20 | Shoemaker | Germany | |
| Engelhardt | Friedrich | n/a | Farmer | Germany | |
| Knispel | Johann | 72 | died at sea | ||
| Knispel | Johann Christian | 32 | - | Germany | |
| Lankisch | Friedrich | n/a | - | in the cabin | |
| Rau | Christian | 19 | - | Klemzig | |
| Satterup | Doctor | n/a | - | in the cabin | died at sea | |
| Thomas | Ernst August | 24 | - | Prussia | |
| Weber | Christian | 51 | - | Goltzen | |
| Zilm | Gottlob | 34 | Goltzen | ||
Fate
Bengalee was driven ashore on 23 October 1851 and broke her back at Saugor. Her crew abandoned her. She was on a voyage from Calcutta to Genoa, Kingdom of Sardinia.[3]
Citations
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Scottish Built Ships.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 LR (1838), Seq.№134.
- ↑ [1] "Ship News." Times London, England 4 Dec. 1851: 2. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 10 Dec. 2019.
References
- "Ships arriving in South Australia 1838", Pioneers Association of South Australia
- "Shipping Arrivals", South Australian Genealogy & Heraldry Society Inc
- "Bengalee", Private homepage of Graeme Moad
- "Bengalee 1838", Private webpages of DIANE CUMMINGS
- "Australian shipping 1788-1968", Convictions: Australian Shipping on the net