Bengalee (ship)

History
United Kingdom
Name	Bengalee
Port of registry	Greenock:3 June 1837; Whitehaven:1840;
Builder	Archibald P McFarlane Jnr & Co., Dumbarton
Launched	1837
Fate	Wrecked 23 October 1851
General characteristics
Tons burthen	Old Act: 304 (bm); New Act (post 1836): 354 (bm);
Length	101 ft 2 in (30.8 m)
Beam	23 ft 0 in (7.0 m)
Depth	17 ft 7 in (5.4 m)

Bengalee was a three-masted merchant barque built in 1837 at Dumbarton. She first appeared in Lloyd's Register (LR) in 1838 with Hamlin, master, Hamlin and Company, of Greenock, owners, and trade Clyde–Calcutta.^[2] Captain Thomas Hamlin did not allow the consumption of alcohol on his ship, thus it was known as a temperance ship.

Voyages

Hamburg to Port Adelaide, South Australia. Bengalee left Hamburg on 16 July 1838 and stopped at the Downs. She arrived at Kingscote, South Australia on 9 November and at Port Adelaide on 16 November. Although primarily carrying supplies, she also carried 27 passengers, among whom were a group of the first Prussian settlers to Australia. From Port Adelaide she sailed on 29 February 1839 to Batavia.
Calcutta to Liverpool – arrived 16 December 1839
??? to Sydney – arrived 26 June 1840
Hobart Town to Canton – arrived 3 November 1843

Fate

Bengalee was driven ashore on 23 October 1851 and broke her back at Saugor. Her crew abandoned her. She was on a voyage from Calcutta to Genoa, Kingdom of Sardinia.^[3]

Citations

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Scottish Built Ships.
^ ^a ^b ^c LR (1838), Seq.№134.
^ [1] "Ship News." Times [London, England] 4 Dec. 1851: 2. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 10 Dec. 2019.

References

"Ships arriving in South Australia 1838", Pioneers Association of South Australia
"Shipping Arrivals", South Australian Genealogy & Heraldry Society Inc
"Bengalee", Private homepage of Graeme Moad
"Bengalee 1838", Private webpages of DIANE CUMMINGS
"Australian shipping 1788-1968", Convictions: Australian Shipping on the net

[SBS-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Scottish Built Ships.

[LR1838-2] LR (1838), Seq.№134.

[3] [1] "Ship News." Times [London, England] 4 Dec. 1851: 2. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 10 Dec. 2019.

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History

United Kingdom
Name	Bengalee
Port of registry	Greenock:3 June 1837^[1] Whitehaven:1840^[1]
Builder	Archibald P McFarlane Jnr & Co., Dumbarton^[1]
Launched	1837
Fate	Wrecked 23 October 1851
General characteristics
Tons burthen	Old Act: 304^[2] (bm) New Act (post 1836): 354^[2] (bm)
Length	101 ft 2 in (30.8 m)^[1]
Beam	23 ft 0 in (7.0 m)^[1]
Depth	17 ft 7 in (5.4 m)^[1]