Bengalee (ship) explained

Bengalee was a three-masted merchant barque built in 1837 at Dumbarton. She first appeared in Lloyd's Register (LR) in 1838 with Hamlin, master, Hamlin and Company, of Greenock, owners, and trade Clyde–Calcutta.^[1] Captain Thomas Hamlin did not allow the consumption of alcohol on his ship, thus it was known as a temperance ship.

Voyages

• Hamburg to Port Adelaide, South Australia. Bengalee left Hamburg on 16 July 1838 and stopped at the Downs. She arrived at Kingscote, South Australia on 9 November and at Port Adelaide on 16 November. Although primarily carrying supplies, she also carried 27 passengers, among whom were a group of the first Prussian settlers to Australia. From Port Adelaide she sailed on 29 February 1839 to Batavia.
• Calcutta to Liverpool – arrived 16 December 1839
• ??? to Sydney – arrived 26 June 1840
• Hobart Town to Canton – arrived 3 November 1843

Fate

Bengalee was driven ashore on 23 October 1851 and broke her back at Saugor. Her crew abandoned her. She was on a voyage from Calcutta to Genoa, Kingdom of Sardinia.^[2]

References

• "Ships arriving in South Australia 1838", Pioneers Association of South Australia
• "Shipping Arrivals", South Australian Genealogy & Heraldry Society Inc
• "Bengalee", Private homepage of Graeme Moad
• "Bengalee 1838", Private webpages of DIANE CUMMINGS
• "Australian shipping 1788-1968", Convictions: Australian Shipping on the net

Notes and References

1. https://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015065537980?urlappend=%3Bseq=58 LR (1838), Seq.№134.
2. http://find.gale.com/dvnw/infomark.do?&source=gale&prodId=DVNW&userGroupName=upenn_main&tabID=T003&docPage=article&docId=CS34243972&type=multipage&contentSet=LTO&version=1.0