Dorset (1838 ship)

History
United Kingdom
Name	Dorset
Owner	1838: William Porter
Builder	William Porter, Liverpool
Launched	1838
Fate	Wrecked 1852
General characteristics
Type	Brig
Tons burthen	81 (bm)
Length	73.8 feet (22.5 m)
Beam	15.8 feet (4.8 m)
Draught	9.2 feet (2.8 m)
Propulsion	Sail

Dorset was a merchant ship built by William Porter at Liverpool, England in 1838. ^[1] She made a number of voyages around the south east coast of Australia with cargo and undertook one voyage transporting 9 male convicts to New South Wales.

Career

Under the command of John Mackie, she sailed from Port Adelaide on 20 November 1840 and arrived at Sydney on 1 December 1840. She carried passengers and embarked 9 male convicts under the command of three constables. ^[2]

Dorset departed Port Jackson on 14 December 1840, bound for Port Phillip, with passengers. ^[3]

Fate

While sailing under the command of Captain Birdwood from Hobart to Melbourne, she was wrecked upon the Kent Group in Bass Strait on 28 May 1852. There were no deaths. ^[4]

Citations

1. Lloyd's Register of Shipping (1840).
2. "Shipping Intelligence". The Sydney Monitor and Commercial Advertiser. 1 December 1840. p. 3. Retrieved 15 October 2017.
3. "Shipping Intelligence". The Sydney Monitor and Commercial Advertiser. 14 December 1840. p. 3. Retrieved 15 October 2017.
4. "Victoria". The Shipping Gazette and Sydney General Trade List. 26 June 1852. p. 172. Retrieved 15 October 2017.