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Blenheim (1834)

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Name
  
Blenheim

Displacement
  
375 tons

Weight
  
375 tons

Launched
  
1834, Jarrow, England

Propulsion
  
Sail

Place built
  
Jarrow, United Kingdom

Blenheim was a 375 ton wooden sailing ship built in 1834 at Jarrow, England.

Under the command of Jasper Brown, she sailed from Cork, Ireland on 27 July 1834 with 200 male convicts. She arrived at Port Jackson on 14 November 1834. Two male convicts died on the voyage. Blenheim left Port Jackson in December 1834 bound for Batavia. Sailing from Woolwich on 15 March 1837, under the command of Josiah Spence, with 210 male convicts, she arrived at Hobart Town on 16 July 1837. Six male convicts died on the voyage. She departed Hobart Town and sailed tp Port Jackson, before heading to Mauritius on 4 September. She obtained a cargo of sugar and returned to Port Jackson on 20 February 1838. She left for Sourabaya in April 1838. Under the command of John Gray, she left Dublin, Ireland on 19 May 1839, carrying 200 male convicts. She arrived at Port Jackson on 27 September. Four convicts died on the voyage. Blenheim departed Port Jackson in October for India.

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Blenheim (1834) Wikipedia