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Research in Other Countries => Australia => Topic started by: barbatalice on Friday 27 May 11 08:17 BST (UK)
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I am looking for a description and image of the immigrant ship HORNET that plied between UK and Aust in the 1850s.
What I know about it:
Weight abt 1150 tons
Could accommodate 450 immigrants at one time
Probably used the non-stop clipper route (Roaring Forties) to Melbourne
On its voyage May-Sep 1857
did not stop at any Australian ports before reaching Melbourne
took 100 days for the voyage from Southampton to Melbourne
Hopefully all this will give a shipping guru enough clues to narrow down the search
There was a clipper called the HORNET that was built in New York but don't think that this is the one I am after. I wish it was as there are lots of images of the US built HORNET online
Thanks
Barb
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a bit on the voyage -
The Argus, Thursday 3rd Sep1857
The Hornet, from Southampton, anchored in Hobson's Bay yesterday. She brings 448 Government immigrants,
which are classed as follows:- Married couples, 47; single women, 236; single men, 23; children from 1 to 12
years, 90; infants, 5. Six births have taken place on the passage, and no death has occurred among the
passengers. A fatal accident happened on the 27th July, when, during a very heavy gale, a boy named Joseph
Bulmer, aged sixteen years, a native of Shields, fell from the main-yard on deck, and died about twenty-four
hours afterwards. Capt. Grieves reports having experienced very heavy weather throughout the passage; as
also the loss of the cross-jack yard.
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a couple of years later same Captain
The Sydney Morning Herald, Monday 24th January 1859.
Government Emigration. - The Government emigrant ship Hornet, 1155 tons, Captain Thomas Greeves, sailed from
Plymouth on Wednesday, the 10th instant, for Sydney, New South Wales, with 438 emigrants in charge of
Surgeon-Superintendent Andrew Sexton Gray, M.D. The Emigration Commissioners have givne notice of their
intention to receive tenders next Thursday, the 18th instant, for a ship to proceed to Melbourne, Victoria,
to be ready for the reception of passendgers on such days as the Commissioners may appoint between the 3rd
and 10th of January.
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Advertising
The Sydney Morning Herald, Sat 23rd April 1859
FOR STEERAGE PASSENGERS ONLY. - For
LONDON.-To sail positively on 20th APRIL, in
ballast.-The splendid A1 clipper ship HORNET, 2000
tons burthen, THOMAS GRIEVES, Commander, will sail
as above, and will only take 20 steerage passengers. The
ship is very comfortably fitted up; and a liberal scale of
provisions will be provided. From her size and lofty and
roomy'tween decks, offers a most desirable conveyance.
Early application is necessary to secure berths. Passage
money very moderate.
Apply to GILCHRIST, WATT, and Co., Margaret- street
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may help
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Thanks so much
So the Hornet was a clipper - maybe it was the one built in NY.
I'll compare records for weights and voyages
May I complement you on your researching of the voyage and arrival. The item on the actual voyage is particularly interesting.
I went on line and noticed that in the NLA transcript for The Argus, Thursday 3rd Sep1857 the Hornet was spelled Hormet. Well spotted. I probably would never have found that article
Barb
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Hi!
I found this, it's an article from a Scottish newspaper saying that the "Hornet" had arrived safely in Geelong on the 24 Oct 1854. I had 3 ancestors (Campbells) from Melvich, Scotland on that voyage.
regards
Rhonda
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HORNET official number 26049 Built St John (Newfoundland?) 1853, 1156 tons owned by G Marshall. POR London. Master in 1857 Greives. Class A1.
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Thanks Seaweed
I might now be able to find a picture
Barb