Lotus (1826 ship)

History
United Kingdom
Name: Lotus
Owner: Thos. Hutchinson, Henry Barrick, and Jos. Sampson (1837)[1]
Builder: T. Barrick, Whitby
Launched: 1826,[1] or 1827[2]
Fate: Lost c. 1837
General characteristics
Tons burthen: 397 (bm)
Propulsion: Sail

Lotus was a ship launched at Whitby, England in 1826. She made several voyages to Australia carrying emigrants. She made one voyage transporting convicts to Van Diemen's Land. On that voyage, in 1833, she rescued 61 survivors from Hibernia, which a fire had destroyed in the South Atlantic as Hibenia was carrying immigrants to Van Diemen's Land. Lotus herself was lost circa 1837.[1]

Western Australia

On 1 June 1829 Lotus and her master, John Summerson, left England for the Swan River Colony.[2] She arrived at Fremantle, Western Australia, on 5 October 1829. Discharged passengers 6 - 8 October 1829. Although some sources state that she was the sixth passenger vessel to arrive in Western Australia,[3] many other ships preceded her at the Swan River colony.

Lotus and Hibernia

Lotus and her master left London on 30 December 1832.

Hibernia was lost on 5 February 1833 and Lotus picked up survivors on 11 February. She carried the survivors to Rio de Janeiro the next day.[4] There, Adelaide, Clark, master, embarked them and brought them to Hobart.[5]

Lotus arrived at Hobart on 16 May 1833. The surgeon-superintendent was Dr. Henry G. Brock. She brought 216 male prisoners. The guard was under the command of Major Shaw and Lieutenant Blair, and consisted of 29 soldiers from the 21st Regiment of Fusiliers. There were also ten passengers: Mrs. Shaw, eight children, and a female servant.[5][Note 1]

Notes, citations, and references

Notes

  1. ↑ Although accounts are clear that she was a convict ship, sources on convict voyages to Van Diemen's Land or Sydney, such as Bateson[6] fail to list her.

Citations

  1. 1 2 3 Weatherill (1908), p.144.
  2. 1 2 Lloyd's Register (1830), p.148..
  3. ↑ Favenc (1908), p.242.
  4. ↑ "Male Convict Ship Lotus", Sydney Monitor (8 June 1833), p.4.
  5. 1 2 Hobart Town Magazine (1833), Vol. 1, pp.224-5.
  6. ↑ Bateson (1959).

References

  • Bateson, Charles (1959). The Convict Ships. Brown, Son & Ferguson. OCLC 3778075.
  • Favenc, Ernest (1908) The Explorers of Australia and Their Life-work. (Whitcombe and Tombs).
  • Weatherill, Richard (1908) The ancient port of Whitby and its shipping. (Whitby: Hokne and Son)
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