Royal Sovereign (1829 ship)

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Name:Royal Sovereign
Builder: Whitby
Launched: 1829
General characteristics
Type: Barque
Tons burthen: 336 ton (bm)
Propulsion: Sail

Royal Sovereign was a 336-ton merchant ship built at Whitby, England in 1829. She made one voyage transporting convicts from England to Australia and one voyage from Ireland to Australia.

Whitby Coastal town in North Yorkshire, England

Whitby is a seaside town, port and civil parish in the Scarborough borough of North Yorkshire, England. Situated on the east coast of Yorkshire at the mouth of the River Esk, Whitby has a maritime, mineral and tourist heritage. Its East Cliff is home to the ruins of Whitby Abbey, where Cædmon, the earliest recognised English poet, lived. The fishing port emerged during the Middle Ages, supporting important herring and whaling fleets, and was where Captain Cook learned seamanship. Tourism started in Whitby during the Georgian period and developed with the arrival of the railway in 1839. Its attraction as a tourist destination is enhanced by the proximity of the high ground of the North York Moors national park and the heritage coastline and by association with the horror novel Dracula. Jet and alum were mined locally, and Whitby Jet, which was mined by the Romans and Victorians, became fashionable during the 19th century.

Career

On her first convict voyage, under the command of John Henderson and surgeon Peter Leonard, she departed Dublin, Ireland on 6 September 1833, with 170 male convicts. She arrived in Sydney on 19 January 1834. There were two convict deaths en route. The second convict voyage, under the command of John Moncrief and surgeon Francis Logan, she departed England on 29 July 1835 with 170 male convicts. She arrived in Sydney on 12 December 1835 and had one convict death en route.

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