Ship Summary
Vessel
Journey
Origin
Depart Date
Friday, March 28, 1817
Destination
Arrive Date
Sunday, August 3, 1817
Ports of Call
Journey Notes
transported CO & Staff of 48th Foot, 179 troops and families;
brief report published in the "Sydney Gazette" of 9/8/1817;
voyage described by Mary Anne Howitt (Wellington), in Volume 2 of "Mary Anne Wellington, the Soldier's Daughter, Wife & Widow", by Rev Richard Cobbold, (London, 1846);
Account based on same in "The Colonial Garrison, 1817 - 24: The 48th Foot .....", (Canberra, 1996), tells of finding a stowaway on-board and a wedding on passage';
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