Hello again Adi Thanks for the extra information, I'll check out the archive files... It seems from the initial advert Capt Pryce had been an RN commander but Nancy was advertised as a wool ship with accommodation for passengers so it looks as if the good Capt had switched to commercial ships. So I guess the questions still remain:- was it the same 'Nancy' that was spotted by the French vessel and reported by 'Asia'? If so where were her passengers at that time? It seems unlikely that they could have resumed their journey on board 'Nancy' if they had abandoned ship and left her to the mercy of the sea. How did Nancy come to be seen arriving safely in Falmouth? Archives here we come! Thanks Caroline On 06-Jul-13 2:06 AM, Mme_N_Carmichael wrote: > Hello Caroline, > > It took NANCY February to August to make the voyage Sydney to London via > Rio de Janeriro. Even assuming a very quick turn-around in London, she's > unlikely to have left for Australia again until late September 1831. > Nancy was found drifting south of the equator. With the newspaper > mention on December 5th, the time frame looks correct for ASIA to have > fallen in with her, then arrived in Australia and reported the news. The > Australian paper probably repeated the names of the passengers because > that was of local interest and because that would help fix in readers' > minds, just which vessel NANCY was. I didn't note any mentions of her > loss in the British newspapers. But .... with an R.N. Commander, was she > Navy? or commercial? If Navy, you may find more about her loss in > National Archives ADM files. There are certainly lots of hits there for > commanders named Henry Pryce. > > Regards, > Adi > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > *From:* Caroline Gaden <[email protected]> > *To:* Mme_N_Carmichael <[email protected]> > *Sent:* Friday, July 5, 2013 2:46:01 AM > *Subject:* Re: [MAR] Ship Nancy, Captain Henry Pryce, 1831 > > ... I wonder why the Sydney newspapers reported the loss > of 'Nancy' as late as December 1831 and actually named the passengers > from the Sydney to London voyage earlier in the year (ie left Sydney in > February)... ... > I have come across the loss of a whaling ship 'Nancy' with Captain > Pryde > in New Zealand waters in March 1831 but surely they didn't mix the two > ships! > > I'll keep a look out for the Captain Pryce and crew of the wool ship > 'Nancy' and see if I can work out which one was wrecked and when and > where! > Many thanks for your help > Caroline > -- Author of "Pounding Along to Singapore, a history of the 2/20 Battalion AIF", available from [email protected] "From Baron to Battler, the story of Dr CUD Schrader of Walcha, 1860-1900" available from <www.smashwords.com/books/view/129058> "The Schrader Letters, 1871-1896" available from <www.smashword.com/books/view/109893>

Henry Pryce was promoted Commander, RN on 19th July, 1821. He would have been unemployed by the Admiralty and on half-pay when Master of the NANCY. -----Original Message----- From: Caroline Gaden Sent: Saturday, 6 July 2013 8:31 AM To: Mme_N_Carmichael Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: [MAR] Ship Nancy, Captain Henry Pryce, 1831 Hello again Adi Thanks for the extra information, I'll check out the archive files... It seems from the initial advert Capt Pryce had been an RN commander but Nancy was advertised as a wool ship with accommodation for passengers so it looks as if the good Capt had switched to commercial ships. So I guess the questions still remain:- was it the same 'Nancy' that was spotted by the French vessel and reported by 'Asia'? If so where were her passengers at that time? It seems unlikely that they could have resumed their journey on board 'Nancy' if they had abandoned ship and left her to the mercy of the sea. How did Nancy come to be seen arriving safely in Falmouth? Archives here we come! Thanks Caroline On 06-Jul-13 2:06 AM, Mme_N_Carmichael wrote: > Hello Caroline, > > It took NANCY February to August to make the voyage Sydney to London via > Rio de Janeriro. Even assuming a very quick turn-around in London, she's > unlikely to have left for Australia again until late September 1831. > Nancy was found drifting south of the equator. With the newspaper > mention on December 5th, the time frame looks correct for ASIA to have > fallen in with her, then arrived in Australia and reported the news. The > Australian paper probably repeated the names of the passengers because > that was of local interest and because that would help fix in readers' > minds, just which vessel NANCY was. I didn't note any mentions of her > loss in the British newspapers. But .... with an R.N. Commander, was she > Navy? or commercial? If Navy, you may find more about her loss in > National Archives ADM files. There are certainly lots of hits there for > commanders named Henry Pryce. > > Regards, > Adi > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > *From:* Caroline Gaden <[email protected]> > *To:* Mme_N_Carmichael <[email protected]> > *Sent:* Friday, July 5, 2013 2:46:01 AM > *Subject:* Re: [MAR] Ship Nancy, Captain Henry Pryce, 1831 > > ... I wonder why the Sydney newspapers reported the loss > of 'Nancy' as late as December 1831 and actually named the passengers > from the Sydney to London voyage earlier in the year (ie left Sydney > in > February)... ... > I have come across the loss of a whaling ship 'Nancy' with Captain > Pryde > in New Zealand waters in March 1831 but surely they didn't mix the two > ships! > > I'll keep a look out for the Captain Pryce and crew of the wool ship > 'Nancy' and see if I can work out which one was wrecked and when and > where! > Many thanks for your help > Caroline > -- Author of "Pounding Along to Singapore, a history of the 2/20 Battalion AIF", available from [email protected] "From Baron to Battler, the story of Dr CUD Schrader of Walcha, 1860-1900" available from <www.smashwords.com/books/view/129058> "The Schrader Letters, 1871-1896" available from <www.smashword.com/books/view/109893> ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message