HARBINGER

1876 ship under sail.

HARBINGER

Ship Details

Rig

Iron Ship

Built

1876

Built In

Greenock

Tonnage

1,506

Built By

R.Steele

Dimensions

253.5 x 37.6 x 22.4

Demise

Anderson ,Anderson & Co., reg. London. 1890: Devitt & Moore. 1897: Russian owners. 1910: Broken up at Hoboken, Antwerp. Last sailing ship built to carry passengers in the Australian trade and was constructed especially to outdo the "Torrens". She did not stay long on the South Australian run but became very popular in the Melbourne Trade.

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Robert Munday (not verified) on Sat, 2017-10-28 14:26
My grandfather -Fred Munday - arrived at Port Adelaide on "Harbinger" arriving either Janary 1877 or 1879 as ship's baker. Can you confirm? I think he jumped ship.

Glenn Fox (not verified) on Sun, 2019-02-03 11:47
My great grandfather Thomas William Bradshaw supposedly was a crew member of the harbinger in 1882- and deserted. Can find no record of him in various ships lists or in newspaper of that time

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