Coromandel (1834 ship)

Coromandel was 662 tons burthen (bm), sailing ship built at Quebec in 1834. She was owned by Ridgeway and her home port was Glasgow. She was the first ship to bring settlers to South Australia after it was proclaimed a colony in 1836 and one of the early ships bringing New Zealand Company settlers to Wellington, New Zealand in 1840.

Coromandel measured 133 feet 7 inches (40.72 m) x 33 feet 3 inches (10.13 m) x 23 feet 0 inches (7.01 m). She was a 3 masted square rigged ship with 13 foresails, 3 top sails, 3 fore topmast stay sails, 2 main sails, 3 main top sails and well found. She had one long boat and two quarter boats. The ship was made from oak, black birch, and red pine. She was sheathed in yellow metal.

In 1836, prior to sailing for Australia, the South Australian Commission gave a dinner on board to about 150 young married persons and 36 children. On 1 September 1836 the ship sailed from Blackwell Dock, London under Captain William Chesser to Adelaide, South Australia, berthing there at the South Australia Company's Kingscote base on 10 January 1837. Apart from the settlers, Coromandel also had South Australia's first bank on board as well as £10,000 in notes.

In June 1838 she sailed from London to Sydney under Captain Neale.

Captained by Edward French, the ship sailed from St Catherines docks, London on 10 December 1839 arriving in New Zealand via Sydney, Australia on 29 August 1840 with 44 passengers. On the voyage it stopped in Australia to pick up 200 sheep, 40 bullocks, and 4 horses for New Zealand.

On 7 July 1843 it sailed under Captain Harewood from Gravesend to Bombay carrying troops.

In 1845 she was sailing on the run from Liverpool to New Orleans.

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