Mariners and ships in Australian Waters

BUSSORAH MERCHANT

OF LONDON, P. S. BLYTH, MASTER, BURTHEN 531 TONS
FROM THE PORT OF LONDON TO SYDNEY, NEW SOUTH WALES, 3RD JULY 1854

Rigging:  Ship; sheathed in felt and doubled in 1833; sheathed in yellow metal in 1852;
fastened with iron bolts. Construction:  1818 in Calcutta, using Teak; top sides & deck doubled in 1846
Port of registry:  London; Port of survey:  London; Owners:  D. Dunbar

Surname Given name Station Age Of what Nation Status Comments
BLYTH P.S. MASTER     CREW  
GRAHAM FRANCIS 1ST MATE 27 EDINBUROUGH CREW  
OSBORNE GEORGE W 2ND MATE 21 MIDDLESEX CREW  
GRIYOT CHARLES 3RD MATE 25 LANCASTER CREW  
MITCHELL E BOATSWAIN 25 SUSSEX CREW  
CLARKE THOS CARPENTER 44 LINCOLNSHIRE CREW  
WEBB CHAS COOK 24 HURTS CREW  
PLINT EDWIN STEWARD 31 CORNWALL CREW  
WILTON WM A. B. 48 WHITby CREW  
LYONS T A. B. 31 LONDON CREW  
JONES H A. B. 30 LONDON CREW  
HAUGH D A. B. 27 CASTLE DOUGLASS CREW  
PEARCE I A. B. 22 DARBURN CREW  
NORRIS V A. B. 23 LIVERPOOL CREW  
HARPUR L A. B. 28 GREENOCK CREW  
BRUCE W A. B. 30 GREENOCK CREW  
MUMFORD T.W. CARPENTER'S MATE 21 SHORDITCH CREW  
DILLON W O. S. 21 MIDDLESEX CREW  
WILLIS W O. S. 19 LAMBETH CREW  
BURLS J BUTCHER 22 ESSEX CREW  
McFERSON H O. S. 17 SCOTLAND CREW  
PETER DAVID O. S. 18 SCOTLAND CREW  
WHITE R BOY 15 LONDON CREW  
JACKSON S.J. BOY 16 LONDON CREW  
BLYTH   MRS     PASSENGER CABIN
PEEBLES   CAPT     PASSENGER 11 REGIMENT
CARDIFF   LIEUTENANT     PASSENGER 11 REGIMENT
BOYD   ASS. SURGEON     PASSENGER 32 REGIMENT
  132 RANK & FILE     PASSENGERS  

 

Source:State Records Authority of New South Wales: Shipping Master's Office;Passengers Arriving 1855 - 1922; NGS 13278, [X90], reel 399.   Transcribed by M. Kelly, 2003.

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