CHINA

Ship Details

Rig

Ship/convict transport

Built

1837

Built In

Hull

Tonnage

524

Built By

Duncan Dunbar

Demise

T.Caeter, reg. London. 1856 June 30: Sunk after striking a rock in the "Thousand Islands", Java Strait.

Description

Convict transport ship.

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Allan Prestidge (not verified) on Wed, 2017-02-15 11:02
The Barque "China" sailed from Liverpool on 28 May 1854 and arrived at Sydney, NSW on 28 September 1854, a 119 day journey. Besides a crew of 24 and a surgeon and his wife it carried 233 passengers of which 3 died on the voyage.

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