Java (1813 ship)

The British East India merchant ship Java served in the migrant trade between Great Britain and Australia and in Far East trade.

History

The ship was commissioned by the South Australian Government as a migrant ship. It was made famous by a disastrous journey to South Australia ending in numerous deaths on board. The journey from London and Plymouth, England, departed October 1839, arriving in Gulf St Vincent off Adelaide, South Australia, on 6 February 1840. From various reports, between 30 and 50 passengers died during the journey. The journey caused considerable controversy.[1][2] The journey was the subject of a Medical Board review on behalf of the South Australian Commissioners that found that the Captain and Medical Officer had treated the passengers badly.[3]

The ship was built at Calcutta by Blackmore & Co in 1813. It was 1175 tons and 159 feet 2 inches long, with a beam of 40 feet 6 inches.[4] It continued service in the Far East, Australia and India until 1866, and is reported as the only East Indiaman to survive to the Second World War as a coal hulk,[5] being sunk in 1939.[6]

References

  1. ↑ "KING GEORGE'S SOUND". South Australian Register (Adelaide, SA : 1839 - 1900). 1840-02-22. p. 4. Retrieved 2018-08-25.
  2. ↑ "THE JAVA". South Australian Record and Australasian and South African Chronicle (SA : 1840 - 1841). 1840-10-03. p. 10. Retrieved 2018-08-25.
  3. ↑ "BOUND FOR SOUTH AUSTRALIA - JAVA 1840 by Diane Cummings". www.slsa.sa.gov.au. Retrieved 2018-08-25.
  4. ↑ Barrett, Stephen (1990). Java - The Melancholy True Story of the East Indiaman JAVA. Roebuck.
  5. ↑ "The People of Gibraltar". Retrieved 2018-08-25.
  6. ↑ "JAVA The Sailing Ship 1813-1940". www.tenbratpress.org. Retrieved 2018-08-25.


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