Name Gilmore Type Barque Propulsion Sail | Builder Calcutta Tons burthen 500 ton (bm) Launched 1824 | |
Owner Duncan, Gibb and Company, Liverpool (1837)
R. Barry and Co., London (1839)
Farquharson, London (1852)
Bryant and Co. | ||
Gilmore was a 500-ton merchant ship built in Calcutta, British India in 1824. She made two voyages transporting convicts from England to Australia.
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Construction
Built of teak in 1824 at 450-ton (bm), she was re-constructed and lengthened especially for the Australian passenger trade in 1829, when she was re-rated at 550 tons. She was a full-rigged ship sheathed with copper. In 1841 she was doubled and re-sheathed and in 1843 and 1848 had large repairs done to her.
Career
Under the command of James Berry and surgeon George Roberts, she left London, England on 27 November 1831 with 224 male convicts. She arrived at Hobart Town on 22 March 1832. One male convict died on the voyage.
Gilore sailed from Hobart on 23 April 1832 with passengers, cargo and one convict and arrived at Sydney on 21 April 1832. She left Port Jackson on 11 May bound for Batavia.
On her second convict voyage under the command of J. Theaker and surgeon Joseph Steret, she left Spithead, England on 5 October 1838 with 279 male convicts. She arrived at Hobart on 24 January 1839. One male convict died on the voyage.
Gilmore left Hobart Town on 26 February 1839, bound for Sydney, with passengers, cargo and six convicts. She left Port Jackson on 14 April bound for India in ballast.
Fate
Gilmore was wrecked on Hard Lewis, off the east side of St Martin's of the Isles of Scilly on 12 April 1866. She was in ballast from her home port to Quebec and the crew managed to get away in the ship's boats.