Well after three years of trying to get some documents from the archives in WA I have been successfull.!!! My now favourite niece popped in for me whilst over there on work undertakings (but on her day off, of course) and secured the papers for me. Finally I have a lead on tracing the former history of my Captain Armstrong. In one of the documents he is applying for a position as a pilot, and he gives references, presumably from former employers (or maybe aquaintances) but I shall work on the former theory first. So what I am looking for now is for any information on L- The Salamany, with her captain R. Wamms (?) and The Enterprise, captain James Dillon. Both ships will be post April 1830. Possibly Royal Navy, If anyone can start the ball rolling, I will go and hunt through the collections and see what I can find, but I would be grateful for any leads cheers Jenny Fawcett

Hello Jenny, In the 19th-Century British newspapers I found three references where The Enterprise sails with Captain Dillon. These are as follows: Morning Post (London), April 3rd 1827: Shipping News. Deal (Kent) March 31. Arrived from London the Enterprise, Dillon, for India. Morning Post, April 10 1827: Ship News. Deal April 8. Arrived from London ... Enterprise, Dillon, from (sic) Bombay. Morning Post, September 15 1827: Ship News. Ship Spoken With: The Enterprise, Dillon, from London to Bombay, the 20th of June, off the Cape in lat. 35. 10. S., long. 18. 36. E. (same repeated in The Standard, September 15 1827). In Lloyd's Register for 1828 we find Enterprise: a brig of 151 tons; Captain J. Dillon; home port Bridport; built 1809; owner "Heaviside" or "Edmonds" (depending on the edition); dest. London Bombay. In the 1827 list she is there, Captain W. Brown's name amended to J. Dillon; again of Bridport, but then owned by "Stringer", and sailing for Lima. From the 1829 list onwards she disappears. In October 1825, under Captain Brown, the Enterprise put into Plymouth (Devon) from London bound to Vigo, with a diving bell and apparatus on board, with the intention of "searching the Spanish galleons, sunk many years since at the bottom of Vigo Bay, and which are supposed to contain immense treasures". I found no mention in any of these sources to a "Salamany". Regards, Peter Klein ________________________________ From: Joan Fawcett <jfawcett@hotkey.net.au> To: mariners-l@rootsweb.com Sent: Thursday, 16 June, 2011 3:31:28 Subject: [MAR] great excitement...and Enterprize & the Salamany, Well after three years of trying to get some documents from the archives in WA I have been successfull.!!! My now favourite niece popped in for me whilst over there on work undertakings (but on her day off, of course) and secured the papers for me. Finally I have a lead on tracing the former history of my Captain Armstrong. In one of the documents he is applying for a position as a pilot, and he gives references, presumably from former employers (or maybe aquaintances) but I shall work on the former theory first. So what I am looking for now is for any information on L- The Salamany, with her captain R. Wamms (?) and The Enterprise, captain James Dillon. Both ships will be post April 1830. Possibly Royal Navy, If anyone can start the ball rolling, I will go and hunt through the collections and see what I can find, but I would be grateful for any leads cheers Jenny Fawcett ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MARINERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hi Joan I have 13 Enterprizes Built in Maine USA. UK ships were often built in the states. If you are interested, I'll provide a list of their info. Pleasent at 40 30'16"N 75 22'30"W Curt ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joan Fawcett" <jfawcett@hotkey.net.au> To: <mariners-l@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, June 15, 2011 10:31 PM Subject: [MAR] great excitement...and Enterprize & the Salamany, > Well after three years of trying to get some documents from the archives > in > WA I have been successfull.!!! > My now favourite niece popped in for me whilst over there on work > undertakings (but on her day off, of course) and secured the papers for > me. > > Finally I have a lead on tracing the former history of my Captain > Armstrong. > > In one of the documents he is applying for a position as a pilot, and he > gives references, presumably from former employers (or maybe aquaintances) > but I shall work on the former theory first. > > So what I am looking for now is for any information on L- > The Salamany, with her captain R. Wamms (?) and > The Enterprise, captain James Dillon. > > Both ships will be post April 1830. Possibly Royal Navy, > > If anyone can start the ball rolling, I will go and hunt through the > collections and see what I can find, but I would be grateful for any leads > > cheers > Jenny Fawcett > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MARINERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message