William Hammond (ship)
''William Hammond'' was a barque used to penal transportation, transport Convict era of Western Australia, convicts to Western Australia. Built in Sunderland in 1853 for Thomas and Co, ''William Hammond'' was long, wide and deep, and had a burthen of 683 tons. On 30 September 1854, she sailed on her maiden voyage from Plymouth to Hobart with 271 emigrating passengers on board. She docked in Hobart on 25 December after a journey of 83 days during which four children died. When appointed to transport convicts to Western Australia in 1855, ''William Hammond'' was still considered a new ship, and had an A1 (shipping), A1 rating. With Horatio Edwards as captain and George MacLaren as surgeon-superintendent, ''William Hammond'' embarked 35 convicts from the Woolwich prison hulk (ship), hulk ''Defence'' on 6 December 1855, and another 32 convicts from the hulk ''Warrior'' shortly afterwards. On 8 December she was towed out of Woolwich dock and sailed down the River Thames. After c ...
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Barque
A barque, barc, or bark is a type of sailing ship, sailing vessel with three or more mast (sailing), masts having the fore- and mainmasts Square rig, rigged square and only the mizzen (the aftmost mast) Fore-and-aft rig, rigged fore and aft. Sometimes, the mizzen is only partly fore-and-aft rigged, bearing a square-rigged sail above. Etymology The word "barque" entered English via the French term, which in turn came from the Latin language, Latin ''barca'' by way of Occitan language, Occitan, Catalan language, Catalan, Spanish, or Italian. The Latin ''barca'' may stem from Celtic language, Celtic ''barc'' (per Rudolf Thurneysen, Thurneysen) or Greek ''baris'' (per Friedrich Christian Diez, Diez), a term for an Egyptian boat. The ''Oxford English Dictionary'', however, considers the latter improbable. The word ''barc'' appears to have come from Celtic languages. The form adopted by English, perhaps from Irish language, Irish, was "bark", while that adopted by Latin as ''barca ...
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