Duke of Roxburgh (ship)

History
United Kingdom
Name:	Duke of Roxburgh
Builder:	T. & W. Smith, Newcastle upon Tyne, for Green and Wigram
Launched:	3 June 1828
Fate:	Wrecked 1864
General characteristics
Type:	Barque
Tons burthen:	471, or 417 7⁄94 (bm)
Length:	113 ft 8 in (34.6 m)
Beam:	28 ft 10 in (8.8 m)
Propulsion:	Sail
Crew:	24
Notes:	Yellow metal sheathing (1839)

Duke of Roxburgh was launched in 1828 at Newcastle upon Tyne. Initially she traded with India, but later she often sailed between Great Britain and her Australasian colonies carrying emigrants. She was wrecked in 1864.

Initially, Duke of Roxburgh traded with India. The Register of Shipping (1829) gives her master as Brown, her owner as Pirie and Co., and her trade as London - Madras.

Duke of Roxburgh was one of the earliest immigrant ships to Port Phillip, South Australia, and New Zealand.. Her owner in 1840 was J. Somes, changing to Collard, and her master was Drainer..

Her voyages included London (12 April 1838) to South Australia (28 July 1838), and Plymouth (5 October 1839) to Wellington (7 February 1840) under James Thomson, master. This voyage to Wellington made her the third migrant ship to arrive there. On board were 80 male migrants, including George Hunter, Samuel Duncan Parnell, and William Lyon, and 87 female migrants.

On 1 August 1841, she again left London, stopping at Cork on 1 September and then arriving at Sydney on 10 January 1842. On board were 105 male and 142 female passengers, predominantly migrants.

On 7 May 1843, Duke, as she was affectionately known to crew and passengers, sailed under Captain Collard from England with Francis Russell Nixon, the first Bishop of Tasmania, his wife and family, and Archdeacon Fitzherbert Marriott, together with six other cabin passenger including John Helder Wedge and the future squatter Henry Godfrey. Sailing via Trinidade, Ascension Island, and Cape Colony, Duke reached Hobart Town, Van Diemen’s Land, on 21 July 1843.

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