Catharina (ship)

German barque

The Catharina was a barque, built 1810 in Kiel, and weighing 350 tons.

## Voyages

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* Hamburg to Port Adelaide, South Australia \- 21 September 1838 to 20 January 1839
* On board were a group of Lutheran dissidents, 'Kavel's People', including Johann Friedrich Krummnow, which wanted to form a community in Australia.[1] En route Krummnow taught the girls but was deemed "not completely satisfactory and the community did not allow him to teach in Australia".[1]
* Port Adelaide, South Australia to Batavia \- departed 27 February 1839

## References

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1. ^ a b Nutting, David (2001). "J. F. Krummnow". Teachers on the Web. Retrieved 31 October 2012.

## Notes

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* "Ships arriving in South Australia 1838", Pioneers Association of South Australia
* "Shipping Arrivals", South Australian Genealogy & Heraldry Society Inc
* "Catharina", Private homepage of Graeme Moad
* "Captain Dirk Hahn and the "Hahndorf" passengers to South Australia", German Australia, David Nutting
* "Catharina 1839", Private webpages of DIANE CUMMINGS