Story
This bark (whaling) was built in 1830 by Green, Wigram's & Green in London (Blackwall).
Historical Notes
This vessel carried 3 masts, was square rigged with mizzen mast fore-and-aft rigged. This vessel arrived at Fort Victoria from London with 21 settlers in 1849 who were led by W.C. Grant to settle at Sooke. This vessel left London on November 29, 1848 and arrived at Fort Victoria June 01, 1849.
Owners & Masters
Between 1830 and 1848 she made four voyages as a whaler to the British southern whale fishery. The Hudson's Bay Company chartered her from 1848-1850 to carry labourers for the settlement on Vancouver Island. In August 1856 she was sailing from Amoy to Ningbo when she struck a sunken rock near Ningbo, China and was damaged.
She was consequently condemned.
References
- Sooke and North Sooke Women's Institute (The) (1971)
- www.gov.mb.ca ↗
- en.wikipedia.org ↗ (website viewed 02/07/2025)
