''Diamond'' was a merchant ship built on
Isle of Man in 1835. She made a number of voyages between England and India with cargo and undertook one voyage
transporting
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convicts to New South Wales.
Career
Under the command of James Bissett and surgeon William McDowell, she sailed from
Cork
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Materials
* Cork (material), an impermeable buoyant plant product
** Cork (plug), a cylindrical or conical object used to seal a container
***Wine cork
Places Ireland
* Cork (city)
** Metropolitan Cork, also known as G ...
, Ireland on 29 November 1837 and arrived at Sydney on 28 March 1838. She embarked 161 female convicts and had one death en route. A number of women, children and one male passenger accompanied the voyage.
''Diamond'' departed Port Jackson on 16 May 1838, bound for Java.
She is last listed in Lloyd's Register of Shipping in 1853.
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References
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1835 ships
Ships built in the Isle of Man
Convict ships to New South Wales
Age of Sail merchant ships
Merchant ships of the United Kingdom