Name New York Packet Type Barque Propulsion Sail | Builder Bristol Tons burthen 270 ton (bm) Launched 1825 | |
New York Packet was a 270-ton merchant ship built at Bristol, England in 1823. She made one voyage transporting convicts from Tasmania to Sydney.
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Design
New York Packet was built at Bristol, England. She had a new deck, partial new top sides & some repairs in 1837 and was sheathed in yellow metal in 1841.
Career
Under the command of J. Gregory, she left Hobart Town on 11 August 1835, transporting six convicts, passengers and stores and arrived at Sydney on 19 August 1835. She departed Sydney bound for Timor in ballast.
She was last listed in 1852, after she was on a voyage from Sydney to London. She was laid up for repairs in Adelaide in June 1852.
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