Name Atlas Builder T. Barrick, Whitby Launched 1811 Propulsion Sail | Owner T. Barrick Tons burthen 501 (bm) Place built Whitby, United Kingdom | |
Length 115 feet 6 inches (35.2 m) (keel) Beam 32 feet 2 inches (9.8 m) | ||
Atlas was a 501-ton sailing ship that was built at Whitby and launched in 1811. In 1816 she transported convicts to New South Wales, and disappeared off the coast of India in 1817.
Under the command of Walter Meriton, she sailed from Portsmouth, England on the 23 January 1816, and arrived at Port Jackson on 22 July. She embarked 194 male convicts, seven of whom died on the voyage. A detachment of 34 men of the 89th Regiment of Foot provided the guard.
Atlas left Port Jackson on 12 September bound for Batavia.
On 29 July 1817, Atlas dropped the pilot at Sandheads, at the mouth of the River Ganges, as she sailed from Calcutta to London. She was not heard from again.
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