Solway (ship)

The Solway was the first ship carrying a significant number of German speakers to South Australia.

History
England
Name	Solway
Namesake	Solway Firth in Scotland
Owner	Graham & Co.
Operator	Graham & Co.
Builder	John Storey
Laid down	1829 Monkwearmouth Shore, Sunderland, England
Out of service	21 December 1837
Fate	Wrecked, Encounter Bay, South Australia
General characteristics
Class and type	ship
Tonnage	337-tons
Length	103'2"
Beam	27'3"
Depth	19'6"
Propulsion	Sail

Construction and service

The Solway was constructed in the shipyards of John Storey, located at Sand Point, North Sands, Monkwearmouth Shore. Storey had arrived in Monkwearmouth early in his life and quickly progressed from making rope and sails to ship-building and owning ships plying the timber trade from Canada. His success was enough that he was able to by the local manor house and estate, although after retiring his holdings were affected by various economic pressures and he returned to his house in Church Street in the town.

End of service

On the 21st of December 1837, she broke moorings and was wrecked during a storm in Rosetta Harbour, Encounter Bay.

Voyages

1837

The Solway made one migration voyage to South Australia, leaving Hamburg on 9th July 1837 and arriving at Port Adelaide, having stopped at Kangaroo Island first. The majority of the German migrants were indentured to the South Australia Company and disembarked on Kangaroo Island to work for the Company.

Passenger List

Names		Age	Occupation	Birthplace
Last	Given
Families
Bremer	Lanritz	29	Baker	-
	wife	n/a
	child	n/a
	child	n/a
Christian	Johann Gottlieb	29	Farmer	Prussia
	Karoline	21
	Johann Gottlieb	inf
Debus	Johann Christian Philip	34	Carpenter	-
	wife	n/a
	child	n/a
	child	n/a
Fortsch	Conrad	31	Agriculturalist	Bavaria
	Mary (Hegerson)	n/a
	child	n/a
	child	n/a
Grunhagen	unknown	n/a	former Police Officer (village Mayor?)	Polchow
	Auguste (Triglaff)	n/a
	son	8
	son	6
	son	5
Kleeman	Friedrich Wilhelm	39	Farmer	Raddack, Prussia
	Maria (Helm)	n/a
	August Wilhelm	9
	Heinrich Ferdinand	7
	Wilhelmine Friedericke	5
	Emilie Albertina Ernestine	3
Milde	Wilhelm	38	Baker	Hamburg
	Catherina Elisabeth (Steffens)	30
	Elise Charlotte Wilhelmine	inf
Neander	Wilhelm Gottlieb	31	Carpenter	-
	Mary	n/a
	Louis	10
	Mark	3
	Amelia	n/a
Pipkorn	David	31	Agr. Labourer	Raddack
	Dorothea (Westphal)	22
Wallschlager	Christian Friedrich	26	Agriculturalist	Schnatow
	Maria (Fährmann)	34
	Gottlieb	7
	Hannah Susannah	5
	Manasseh	3
	child?
Single men
Bagans	Johann Frederick	n/a	Agriculturalist	-
Bauer	Carl Leonard Friedrich	29	Baker	Baden, Prussia
Beyerkoehler	Johann Georg	n/a	Shoemaker	-
Dies / Diese	Leonard	27	Labourer	-
Drebing / Diebing	August Heinrich	36	Labourer	-
Drese / Dress	Louis	n/a	Labourer	-
Fleim / Flem	Georg	29	Agriculturalist	-
Gramp	Johann	18	Baker / Vigneron	Bavaria
Hanson	Louis	24	-	Heligoland
Hauser	Wilhelm Jacob	23	Agriculturalist	-
Hutsch	K.	n/a	Labourer	-
Kramer	Ludwig	33	Agriculturalist	-
Lage	Frederick (David)	n/a	Baker	-
Oelrich	Friedrich Hermann Otto	n/a	Agriculturalist	-
Oppel	Johann Nicol	34	Labourer	-
Pfeuffer / Pfeiffer	Georg Gottlieb	n/a	Agriculturalist	-
Prophet	Ulric	22	-	-
Schmidt	Sebastian Anthony	24	Agriculturalist	-
Sturn	Frederick Christian	24	-	-
Theilmann	Adolph Ludwig	24	-	-
Zilm	Andreas	50	-	-
Zilm	Conrad	18	-	-
Single women
Christian	Wilhelmine Friderike	23		Schnatow
Scheaffer	—	n/a		Kammin
	child	n/a