Name Dunvegan Castle Fate Lost in 1836 Propulsion Sail | Builder Chittagong Tons burthen 446 ton (bm) Launched 1819 | |
Dunvegan Castle was a merchant ship built at Chittagong in 1819. She made two voyages transporting convicts from England and Ireland to Australia.
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Career
On her first convict voyage, under the command of William Warmsley and surgeon Robert Dunn, she departed Sheerness on the 30 September 1828, with 180 male convicts. She stopped at Hobart Town and arrived in Sydney on 30 March 1829. There was five convict deaths en route. The second convict voyage, under the command of John Duff and surgeon Patrick McTernan, she departed Dublin, Ireland on 1 July 1832 with 200 male convicts. She arrived in Sydney on 16 October 1832 and had no deaths en route.
Fate
She was last listed in 1836 and listing indicates as being lost.
Notable people transported aboard
References
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