Blenheim (1834)

Blenheim was a 375-ton wooden sailing ship built in 1834 at Jarrow, England.

Under the command of Jasper Brown, she sailed from Cork, Ireland on 27 July 1834 with 200 male convicts. She arrived at Port Jackson on 14 November 1834. Two male convicts died on the voyage. Blenheim left Port Jackson in December 1834 bound for Batavia.^[1] Sailing from Woolwich on 15 March 1837, under the command of Josiah Spence, with 210 male convicts, she arrived at Hobart Town on 16 July 1837. Six male convicts died on the voyage. She departed Hobart Town and sailed tp Port Jackson, before heading to Mauritius on 4 September.^[2] She obtained a cargo of sugar and returned to Port Jackson on 20 February 1838. She left for Sourabaya in April 1838. Under the command of John Gray, she left Dublin, Ireland on 19 May 1839, carrying 200 male convicts. She arrived at Port Jackson on 27 September. Four convicts died on the voyage. Blenheim departed Port Jackson in October for India.

Chartered by the New Zealand Company, it sailed from London to Wellington under Gray in 1840 with 197 settlers. Sailed from Plymouth on 2 July 1842 again under Gray to New Plymouth with 159 settlers, arriving on 19 November 1842, having called in at Wellington.^[3][4] From 1841 to 1843 the Blenheim travelled from England to India under Gray. Ownership changed in 1844 Brown and Co to H Barrick of Whitby. From 1844 to 1845 sailed from London to- St Petersburg . In 1846 she was sailing from London to Quebec under Captain Jackson. She was noted as missing in 1845.^[5]

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References

• Bateson, Charles, The Convict Ships, 1787–1868, Sydney, 1974. ISBN 0-85174-195-9