Neptune (1836 ship)

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Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svgUnited Kingdom
NameNeptune
Builder Chepstow
Launched1836
FateLast listed 1845
General characteristics
Tons burthen
  • Old Act: 368 [1] (bm)
  • New Act (post 1836): 499 [1] (bm)
Length104 ft (32 m)
Beam24 ft 6 in (7.5 m)
Depth20 ft (6 m)
PropulsionSail
NotesOne main deck and a poop deck, 3 masts, ship rig, square stern, quarter galleries, and a male bust head.

Neptune was a merchant ship built at Chepstow, Wales in 1836. She made one voyage transporting convicts from Ireland to Australia.

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Career

Neptune first appeared in Lloyd's Register (LR) in 1836. [1]

YearMasterOwnerTradeHomeportSource & notes
1836J[ohn] IrvingLiverpoolBristolLR

Her first voyage, in early 1837, was to Barbados. She was under the command of J. Nagle, and she arrived back in May.

On her only convict voyage, under the command of Joseph (or Jeremiah) Nagle and surgeon Patrick Martyn, she departed Dublin, Ireland on 27 August 1837, and arrived in Sydney on 2 January 1838. [2] She had embarked 200 male convicts; there were three convict deaths en route. [3] From Sydney she sailed to New Zealand, and then to Callao and Valparaiso. She arrived back at Liverpool on 21 May 1839. Her cargo consisted of 47 tons of copper ore, 725 bales of cotton, 79 tons of Nicaragua wood, 19 bales of wool, 132 pieces of copper, and eight seal skins. [4]

YearMasterOwnerTradeHoomeportSource
1839J.NagleLockettLiverpool–ValparaisoLiverpoolLR; large repair 1839
1840Nagle
McDonald
LockettLiverpool–ValparaisoLiverpoolLR; large repair 1839
1845LockettLiverpool–BombayLiverpoolLR; large repair 1839

She is last listed in 1845.

Citations

  1. 1 2 3 LR (1836), Supple. pages "N".
  2. Bateson (1959), pp. 304–305.
  3. Bateson (1959), p. 336.
  4. "Imports". Liverpool Mercury etc (Liverpool, England), 24 May 1839; Issue 1463.

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