Science (1829 ship)

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Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svgUnited Kingdom
NameScience
OwnerTindall, Scarborough [1]
BuilderTindall, Scarborough [1]
Launched4 May 1829 [1]
FateFoundered and burnt June 1832
General characteristics
Tons burthen232, [2] or 234, [1] or 250 [3] (bm)
Sail plan Brig

Science was launched at Scarborough in 1829. On 20 September Captain J. Saunders sailed her from England for Mauritius under a license from the British East India Company. [3] On 9 September 1831 Captain W. Saunders sailed her from Britain to Van Diemen's Land. [2] She sailed from Hobart in May 1832.

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Science, Saunders, master, foundered off Cape Horn, Chile on 21 June after having been badly damaged by heavy seas at 56°S125°W / 56°S 125°W / -56; -125 . Her crew set her on fire and abandoned her. The American South Sea whaler Warren rescued the crew. [lower-alpha 1] Science was on a voyage from Van Diemen's Land to London. [5] [6] [7] [8]

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Notes

  1. Warren, of 383 tons (bm), William Mayhew, Jr., master, had been launched in 1829 at Swansea, Massachusetts. She had left on a whaling voyage on 8 November 1830. [4]

Citations

  1. 1 2 3 4 Hackman (2001), p. 311.
  2. 1 2 LR (1832), "Ships Trading to Van Diemen's Land and New South Wales – 1831".
  3. 1 2 Lloyd's Register (LR), (1831), "Ships Trading to India - 1829".
  4. American Offshore Whaling: Voyages – Warren.
  5. "Ship News". The Times. No. 14983. London. 15 October 1832. col A, p. 4.
  6. "From Lloyd's List - Oct. 16". Caledonian Mercury. No. 17354. 20 October 1832.
  7. "HOBART TOWN EXTRACTS". The Sydney Morning Herald. 4 February 1833.
  8. "The Bark Science". The Hobart Town Courier. Hobart. 1 January 1836. pp. 2–3.

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