Good evening Listers I am interested in the departure port and arrival port in Australia in 1854 of the BLENHEIM and the route sailed. I have found a possible match to the arrival of one of my family on the PROV site. It lists the BLENHEIM as arriving in Victoria in 1854. I have tried many websites and Googling but cannot find any information that matches the 1854 arrival of this ship in Victoria Australia. It would help tracing my family if I could confirm where this ship originated and the route travelled etc. Regards Lynne Melbourne

Hi Lynne, It will be this Duncan Dunbar vessel ... from Gilbert Provost's website, this is her Lloyds listing 1849-1855 http://www.reach.net/~sc001198/ShipsB1.htm BLENHEIM - 1849/1855 Master: Captain Molison Rigging: Ship; sheathed in felt and yellow metal in 1845 & 1853 Tonnage: 689 tons under the old measurements and 808 tons under the new measurements. Construction: in 1845 in South Shields Owner: D. Dunbar Port of registry: London Port of survey: London (1855) Voyage: sailed for Australia (1855) The ship did sail to NSW in 1855 ... confirmation shown here http://www.theshipslist.com/ships/australia/aust1850s.html Although 1854 trips with assisted passengers are also shown here, the 1854 references only begin with those which sailed from UK from January 1854. The BLENHEIM shown at the PROVIC website for assisted passengers shows that the ship arrived in February 1854, which means it would have sailed in 1853 ... probably November. The Sydney Shipping Gazette in the 13th March 1854 issue, notes the arrival at Melbourne on February 28th 1854. The BLENHEIM sailed from Plymouth on November 22nd [1853], with 4 passengers and 298 government immigrants. http://www.nla.gov.au/ferg/issn/14403897.html The Melbourne newspapers will probably provide more details about the arrival and as Lyn suggested, a trip to the Public Record Office will yield copies of the original documents. Sue -- TheShipsList Website http://www.theshipslist.com/ At 09:55 PM 2008-12-09 +1100, Lynne Barnard wrote: >Good evening Listers > >I am interested in the departure port and arrival port in Australia in 1854 >of the BLENHEIM and the route sailed. > >I have found a possible match to the arrival of one of my family on the PROV >site. It lists the BLENHEIM as arriving in Victoria in 1854. I have tried >many websites and Googling but cannot find any information that matches the >1854 arrival of this ship in Victoria Australia. It would help tracing my >family if I could confirm where this ship originated and the route travelled >etc. > >Regards > >Lynne > >Melbourne

----- Original Message ----- From: "Lynne Barnard" <[email protected]> To: "THESHIPSLIST" <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, December 09, 2008 9:55 PM Subject: [TSL] BLENHEIM 1854 Hi Lynne > > I am interested in the departure port and arrival port in Australia > in 1854 > of the BLENHEIM and the route sailed. > This same ship carrying a large cargo of migrants to the Port of Sydney, Colony of NSW ,arriving 6 Jul 1855, having departed Southampton 21 Mar ( source Maitland Mercury on line via the NLA site) > > I have found a possible match to the arrival of one of my family on > the PROV > site. It lists the BLENHEIM as arriving in Victoria in 1854. If the VIC PRO say it did, I'd go along with that I have tried > many websites and Googling but cannot find any information that > matches the > 1854 arrival of this ship in Victoria Australia. It also came into Port of Sydney 26 Aug 1850 and 22 Feb 1849 It would help tracing my > family if I could confirm where this ship originated and the route > travelled > etc. This is a large book to be found in many libraries . "Shipping arrivals and departures VIC ports " which cover to 1854 or 5 . Not everything is on the net ......... I didnt realise you were in Melbourne anyway . All you have to do is go to the VIC PRO and look up this info and then to the SLV and look up the Argus newspaper for shipping arrival info Feb 1854 Bye MargM Beautiful NSW Central Coast NSW Australia

Lynne First let me say there were a good many vessels by this name operating at the same time. According to the London Times of June 19, 1854 in the shipping news: DEAL June 18. 5 p.m.--Wind, S.; light and fine. Arrived and Anchored.--...the Blenheim, for Port Adelaide,... She most likely sailed on the tide. Regards.. Marj At 05:55 AM 12/9/2008, Lynne Barnard wrote: >Good evening Listers > > > >I am interested in the departure port and arrival port in Australia in 1854 >of the BLENHEIM and the route sailed. > > > >I have found a possible match to the arrival of one of my family on the PROV >site. It lists the BLENHEIM as arriving in Victoria in 1854. I have tried >many websites and Googling but cannot find any information that matches the >1854 arrival of this ship in Victoria Australia. It would help tracing my >family if I could confirm where this ship originated and the route travelled >etc. > > > >Regards > >Lynne > >Melbourne > > > > > >------------------------------- >visit TheShipsList Website >http://www.theshipslist.com/ >------------------------------- >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