VESSEL DETAILS

Vessel: Wandrahm Type: Sailing ship
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At:   Tonnage: 711 Length: 44.1m  
Beam: 9m Draft:  
Built for:  
Usual area: Purpose built for migrant trade to Australasia.

KNOWN HISTORY
1852-1854
Built at Rheiherstag, near Hamburg.
 
23 Apr 1854
Departs Hamburg for Australia with emigrants. This was the ship's maiden voyage.
 
8 Aug 1854
Arrived at Port of Adelaide, South Australia.
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31 Aug 1858
Departs Hamburg for East London, South Africa with emigrants. On this voyage 10 children and 1 adult died..
 
6 Dec 1858
Arrived at East London, South Africa.
 
Nov 1861
Departs Hamburg for Adelaide, South Australia.
 
Mar 1862
Arrived at Port of Adelaide, South Australia.
 
16 Sep 1865
Departs Hamburg for Moreton Bay, Queensland, Australia.
 
13 Jan 1866
Arrived at Moreton Bay. Caused suspension of German immigration, and cancellation of those by Godeffroy line due to observed conditions on ship.
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Vessel: Wilhelmsburg Type: Sailing ship
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Usual area: The following records may not refer to a single ship, but until additional details are available will remain a record of voyages be a single ship of that name.

KNOWN HISTORY
August 1853
Voyage to Australia with emigrants under Bounty Scheme.  

Vessel: Wistow Hall Type: Sailing ship
Built:   By:  
At:   Tonnage:   Length:   
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Usual area: Recorded as carrying migrants to east coast of Australia.

KNOWN HISTORY
29 Aug 1885
Voyage to Australia, with the first known stopping point of Cooktown. At this time Cooktown was a boom goldmining port, and often the first port of call for overseas ships. Additional stops were then commonly made at Townsville and/or Bowen, sometimes Gladstone, and often Maryborough, but usually ending in Brisbane.
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