Diana was a merchant ship built at Whitby, England, in 1824. She made a number of voyages between England, India and Quebec with cargo and undertook one voyage transporting convicts to New South Wales. She was last listed in 1856.

History
United Kingdom civil ensignUnited Kingdom
NameDiana
Owner1824:Robt. and John Braithwaite and J. Frankland[1]
BuilderT.Broderick, Whitby[1]
Launched1824
FateLast listed 1856
General characteristics
Tons burthen320,[1] or 321 (bm)
PropulsionSail

Career

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Diana first appeared in Lloyd's Register (LR) in 1824 with Braithwaite as owner and master, and trade London–Malta.[2]

Year Master Owner Trade Source & notes
1825 Braithwaite Braithwaite London–Malta LR
1830 Braithwaite Braithwaite Liverpool–Quebec LR'

Under the command of George Braithwaite and surgeon James Ellis, she sailed from Woolwich, England on 11 December 1832, stopped at Cape Colony and arrived at Sydney on 26 May 1833.[3] She embarked 100 female convicts and had no deaths en route.[4] While at the Cape she picked up the convict Mina Magerman for transportation. A number of women and children passengers accompanied the voyage.[5]

Diana departed Port Jackson on 3 August 1833, bound for Batavia in ballast but with passengers.[6]

Year Master Owner Trade Source & notes
1834 Braithwaite
Traill
Braithwaite London–Quebec LR; small repairs 1833
1840 Lane Braithwaite London–Mauritius LR; small repair 1835 & 1837, & thorough repair 1837
1845 J.Raw Braithwaite Whitby–Naples
Whitby–Malta
LR; thorough repair 1837, & small repairs 1844 & 1846

Diana changed her registry to Hull in 1851.

Year Master Owner Trade Source & notes
1851 J.Toogood Brown & Co. Hull–Quebec LR; small repairs 1846, 1847, and 1851
1856 Storer F.Story Hartpool–America LR; homeport Hartlepool; small repairs 1851 and 1852, and damages repaired 1855

Citations

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  1. ^ a b c Weatherill (1908), p. 139.
  2. ^ LR (1824), Supple.pages "D", Seq.№D52.
  3. ^ Bateson (1959), pp. 300–301.
  4. ^ Bateson (1959), p. 333.
  5. ^ "Shipping Intelligence". The Sydney Monitor. 29 May 1833. p. 3. Retrieved 14 October 2017.
  6. ^ "Shipping Intelligence". The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser. 6 August 1833. p. 2. Retrieved 14 October 2017.

References

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  • Bateson, Charles (1959). The Convict Ships. Brown, Son & Ferguson. OCLC 3778075.
  • Weatherill, Richard (1908). The ancient port of Whitby and its shipping. Whitby: Horne and Son.