Fortitude (1842 ship)
 The Fortitude
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| History | |
|---|---|
 United Kingdom | |
| Name | Fortitude |
| Builder | Tindall, Scarborough |
| Launched | 1842 |
| Fate | Wrecked circa 1866 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Barque |
| Tons burthen |
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| Length | 127 ft 5 in (38.8 m)[1] |
| Beam | 27 ft 0 in (8.2 m)[1] |
| Depth | 20 ft 7 in (6.3 m)[1] |
Fortitude was a barque launched at Scarborough in 1842. In the 1840s she brought free settlers to the colonies of South Australia and Queensland. Thereafter she sailed to India and China, and made one more voyage carrying female immigrants to Port Phillip. She was wrecked circa 1866.
History
Fortitude first appeared in Lloyd's Register (LR) in 1842.[2]
| Year | Master | Owner | Trade | Source & notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1842 | Buckham | Tindalls | Scarborough–London | LR |
Migrants to South Australia
Fortitude, Captain James Douglas, arrived in South Australia on 5 April 1842, bringing 27 free settlers to Adelaide.[3]
| Year | Master | Owner | Trade | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1844 | Buckham | Tindalls | Scarborough–London London–Ceylon |
LR |
| 1845 | Buckham Christmas |
Tindalls | London–Ceylon | LR |
| 1847 | Tindalls | London | LR |
Migrants to Queensland
In 1848–9, she was the first of three ships chartered by the Rev Dr John Dunmore Lang to bring free immigrants to Brisbane, Australia, arriving on 21 January 1849.[4] Captained by John Christmas, with the medical superintendent Henry Challinor, she departed Gravesend on 14 September 1848 and arrived at Moreton Bay on 21 January 1849.[5][6][7][a][b]
Subsequent trade
| Year | Master | Owner | Trade | Source & notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1850 | Christmas | Tindalls | London | LR |
| 1851 | Christmas | Tindalls | London–Bombay | LR |
| 1852 | Christmas Heyward |
Tindalls | London–Ceylon Portsmouth–Port Phillip |
LR |
In 1852–1853, Fortitude. Captain Heyward, carried 50 women to Port Phillip. The women were the 21st party to travel under the auspices of the Female Emigration Fund. Some women who paid their own way also made the journey.[9]
| Year | Master | Owner | Trade | Source & notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1853 | Heyward | Tindalls | Portsmouth–Port Phillip | LR |
| 1856 | Harrison | Tindalls | London | LR |
| 1857 | Harrison | Tindalls | London–Ceylon | LR |
| 1859 | Rodgers | Tindalls | London | LR; small repairs 1858 |
| 1861 | Parsons | Tindalls | London–Ceylon | LR; small repairs 1858, 1859, & 1861 |
| 1862 | Parsons J.Booth |
Tindalls R.Guy |
London–Ceylon | LR; small repairs 1858, 1859, & 1861 |
With the change of ownership from Tidalls to Guy, Fortitude's homeport changed from Sunderland to Newry.
| Year | Master | Owner | Trade | Source & notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1863 | J.Booth | R.Guy | Newry–United States | LR; small repairs 1858, 1859, & 1861 |
Fate
In 1865 Fortitude, Booth, master, sailed to Toulon, then Singapore, and back to London. There is no readily available ship arrival and departure data after her return in November 1865. A typhoon drove a barque named Fortitude ashore at Kowloon, damaging her. At this point it is a conjecture that the barque in Kowloon was the Fortitude of this article.
LR for 1866 carried the annotation "Wrecked" under Fortitude's name.[10]
Notable immigrants on the Fortitude
South Australia
- W.P. Auld, Adelaide vigneron and explorer
- James Philcox, land speculator who named two villages (now suburbs) in Adelaide
Brisbane
- Henry Challinor, physician and politician of Ipswich
- Robert Cribb, politician of Brisbane
- William Pettigrew, politician and mayor of Brisbane
- Edward Barton Southerden, draper and mayor of Sandgate
Notes
- ^ Fortitude Valley, where many of the 1849 immigrants settled and is now a suburb of Brisbane, is named in her honour.[8]
- ^ The other ships were Chaseley, arriving on 1 May 1849, and Lima, arriving on 3 November 1849.[4]
Citations
- ^ a b c d LR 1863), Seq.No.F283.
- ^ a b c LR (1842), Supple. pages "F".
- ^ "Immigration to South Australia – Shipping Lists 1836 to 1890: Overseas arrivals to South Australia – 1842". localwiki. Adelaide Hills. Retrieved 23 July 2019.
- ^ a b "Dr John Dunmore Lang Sponsored Immigrant Ships". Brisbane History. Retrieved 15 February 2015.
- ^ "Some Interesting Snippets about the Fortitude". Retrieved 2 January 2010.
- ^ "A Super Six Hundred. On this occasion 253 passengers were transported". The Brisbane Courier. National Library of Australia. 21 July 1928. p. 21. Retrieved 15 February 2015.
- ^ "THE Moreton Bay Courier". The Moreton Bay Courier. Vol. III, no. 138. Queensland, Australia. 3 February 1849. p. 2. Retrieved 9 December 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Brisbane Fortitude Valley, Chinatown". Retrieved 2 January 2010.
- ^ "DOMESTIC". Royal Cornwall Gazette (Truro, England), 5 March 1852, issue 2541, p. 2.
- ^ LR (1866), Seq.No.F298.
External links
- "A Super Six Hundred". The Brisbane Courier. National Library of Australia. 21 July 1928. p. 21. — more information on the three immigrant ships, including passenger lists
- "Passenger List" (PDF).