TAM O'SHANTER

Ship Details

Rig

Ship

Built

1829

Built In

Tonnage

383

Built By

Dimensions

104'8" x 28'8" x 5'9"

Demise

Thomas Dobson, reg. London. 1837 Aug.27: Run ashore Stony Head Bay, Tasmania, waterlogged and sold as a total loss.

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My ancestor, John Clarke, came to South Australia on the Tam O 'Shanter in 1836, settling at Wattle Flat, in between Myponga and Yankalilla on the Fleurieu Peninsula, where he farmed sheep and grew wheat.

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