EMILY SMITH

Ship Details

Rig

Barque

Built

1849

Built In

Newhaven, Sussex

Tonnage

129

Dimensions

83.5 x 18.2 x 11.9

Demise

reg. Port Elizabeth. 1865: William Davidson, reg. Port Adeliade. 1874 Oct.: Altered when break deck removed, 136g 130n, 87.5 x 19.5 x 12.0. 1877 May 15: Wrecked near Rocky River, Kangaroo Island, SA, en route, Albany to Pt.Adelaide. 36 perished.

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William McGhie (not verified) on Tue, 2017-01-24 14:08
My GGG grandmother Margaret Simpson (second marriage) perished on the Emily Smith when it sank of the SW of kangaroo Island in May 1877. Her husband and 3 of her children also perished.

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