ELPHINSTONE

Ship Details

Rig

18-gun Brig-Sloop

Built

1824

Built In

Tonnage

387

Demise

H.E.I.C. Armed Cruiser

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My great grandfather, Henry Elphinstone Brown, was named after this ship, whose visit to Adelaide coincided with his birth in Melbourne in 1845. His father was a pilot (one of many) in Port Phillip Bay at the time and was apparently very keen on matters maritime.

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