Bengalee (ship)

Short description: 1837 merchant barque

History
United Kingdom
Name| Bengalee
Port of registry|

* Greenock:3 June 1837[1]
* Whitehaven:1840[1]

Builder| Archibald P McFarlane Jnr & Co., Dumbarton[1]
Launched| 1837
Fate| Wrecked 23 October 1851
General characteristics
Tons burthen:|

* Old Act: 304[2] (bm)
* New Act (post 1836): 354[2] (bm)

Length:|  101 ft 2 in (30.8 m)[1]
Beam:|  23 ft 0 in (7.0 m)[1]
Depth:|  17 ft 7 in (5.4 m)[1]

Bengalee was a three-masted merchant barque built in 1837 at Dumbarton. She first appeared in Lloyd's Register (LR) in 1838 with Hamlin, master, Hamlin and Company, of Greenock, owners, and trade Clyde–Calcutta.[2] Captain Thomas Hamlin did not allow the consumption of alcohol on his ship, thus it was known as a temperance ship.

## Contents

* 1 Voyages
* 2 Fate
* 3 Citations
* 4 References

## Voyages

* Hamburg to Port Adelaide, South Australia. Bengalee left Hamburg on 16 July 1838 and stopped at the Downs. She arrived at Kingscote, South Australia on 9 November and at Port Adelaide on 16 November. Although primarily carrying supplies, she also carried 27 passengers, among whom were a group of the first Prussian settlers to Australia . From Port Adelaide she sailed on 29 February 1839 to Batavia.
* Calcutta to Liverpool - arrived 16 December 1839
* ??? to Sydney \- arrived 26 June 1840
* Hobart Town to Canton - arrived 3 November 1843

## Fate

Bengalee was driven ashore on 23 October 1851 and broke her back at Saugor. Her crew abandoned her. She was on a voyage from Calcutta to Genoa, Kingdom of Sardinia.[3]

## Citations

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Scottish Built Ships.
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 LR (1838), Seq.№134.
3. ↑ [1] "Ship News." Times [London, England] 4 Dec. 1851: 2. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 10 Dec. 2019.

## References

* "Ships arriving in South Australia 1838", Pioneers Association of South Australia
* "Shipping Arrivals", South Australian Genealogy & Heraldry Society Inc
* "Bengalee", Private homepage of Graeme Moad
* "Bengalee 1838", Private webpages of DIANE CUMMINGS
* "Australian shipping 1788-1968", Convictions: Australian Shipping on the net

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