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John Williams (ship)

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Name
  
John Williams

Launched
  
20 March 1844

Place built
  
Harwich, United Kingdom

Cost
  
6200 pounds

Length
  
31 m

Namesake
  
The missionary John Williams

Owner
  
London Missionary Society

Operator
  
London Missionary Society

Fate
  
Wrecked in May 1864, Pukapuka, Cook Islands

John Williams was a missionary ship under the command of Captain Robert Clark Morgan (1798–1864) and owned by the London Missionary Society (LMS). She was named after John Williams (1796–1839), a missionary who had been active in the South Pacific. She sank in 50 fathoms after drifting onto a reef at Danger Island (Pukapuka) on 16 May 1864. The passengers and crew were rescued.

Six more John Williams ships successively operated in the Pacific as part of the LMS's missionary work, the last, John Williams VII, being built in 1962 and decommissioned in 1968.

General specifications

John Williams was launched at Harwich on 20 March 1844. She was of 296 tons and had a length of 103 feet (31 meters) and beam of 24 feet 8 inches (7.52 meters). The depth of her hold was 16 feet (4.9 meters). She had 10 state rooms. A medal was issued commemorating her first three-year voyage and an example of this is held at the Royal Museum of Greenwich.

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John Williams (ship) Wikipedia