Looking for the ships "Queen of the East" and "Wallace". Both of these travelled between The UK and Australia in the 1840's and 50's.. and I can't find any reference to them never mind a pic of them.. Hoping some one can help me here Regards.. Liz fireopal61@gmail.com

Liz According to the London Times of Dec 22, 1852 the Queeon of the East sailed from Gravesend on Dec 21, 1852 on the way to Plymouth. This was often the first stop before a voyage to Australia. She then appears in an ad of Sept 16, 1853: SYDNEY direct, the QUEEN of the EAST, 3-3F.L., A1, 1,435 tons register, TRUMAN BARTLETT, Com- mander. This magnificent new American clipper has now room for measurement goods only. Only chief cabin pasengers taken, and will be despatched with promptitude. Her accommodations for chief cabin passengers is of the most luxurious description, and being admitted to be one of the finest and fastest vessels afloat, she presents an oppor- tunity for the transit of passengers and cargo rarely equalled, and never surpassed, in the australasian trade. Shippers and passengers are invited to inspect her in the East India Docks. Apply to Henry H. Willis and Co., insurance brokers, 3, Crosby-square. She continues to appear in the shipping news in the 1850s. I can find a ship called the William Wallace on the Australian run in the 1840s. In Oct 26, 1840 there is a ship Wallace sailing from St Lucia to London. The Wallace sails to Canada in 1841 but the William Wallace is sailing to OZ. There are several vessels like the Ellen Wallace, Helen Wallace, Sir William Wallace, Wallace [sailing to USA], Wallace steam tug belonging to the Navy, etc. Regards.. Marj At 04:04 PM 3/31/2010, Liz C wrote: > Looking for the ships "Queen of the East" and "Wallace". Both of these >travelled between The UK and Australia in the 1840's and 50's.. and I can't >find any reference to them never mind a pic of them.. Hoping some one can >help me here > > > >Regards.. Liz > >fireopal61@gmail.com > > > > > >------------------------------- >visit TheShipsList Website >http://www.theshipslist.com/ >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >THESHIPSLIST-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' >without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

----- Original Message ----- From: "Liz C" <fireopal61@gmail.com> To: <THESHIPSLIST@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, April 01, 2010 7:04 AM Subject: [TSL] help needed > Looking for the ships "Queen of the East" and "Wallace". Both of these > travelled between The UK and Australia in the 1840's and 50's.. and I > can't > find any reference to them never mind a pic of them.. Hoping some one can > help me here Hi Liz There is quite a lot of info in the ship ' Queen of the East ' in the National Library of Australia's digitised newspapers data base http://www.tinyurl.com.au/4jr >From the above info you should be able to find out what type of ship and probably find a picture of something similar The 'Wallace' voyaged to Melbourne in 1841 & 1844. Passenger lists to be found on NSW State Records film # 2144 This is just a tad early for any photographs . But as with the other ship you might be able to find out is type and size . Google suggests http://www.ballaratgenealogy.org.au/ships/index.html Bye MargM Beautiful Central Coast of NSW Australia