''Duke of Roxburgh'' was launched in 1828 at

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. Initially she traded with India, but later she often sailed between

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and her Australasian colonies carrying emigrants. She was wrecked in 1864.

Career

Initially, ''Duke of Roxburgh'' traded with India. The ''Register of Shipping'' (1829) gives her master as Brown, her owner as Pirie and Co., and her trade as London –

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. ''Duke of Roxburgh'' was one of the earliest immigrant ships to

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, and

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. Her owner in 1840 was J. Somes, changing to Collard, and her master was Drainer. She left London on 12 April 1838 and arrived at Kingscote on 24 July and

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, South Australia on 28 July. She was carrying 84 passengers (65 adults and 19 children). Then on 5 October 1839 she sailed from

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under James Thomson, master. At Stephen's Island Thomson fell overboard and drowned. The mate, Mr. Leslie, brought ''Duke of Roxburgh'' into

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, where she arrived on 7 February 1840. This voyage to Wellington made her the third migrant ship to arrive there. On board were 80 male migrants, including George Hunter, Samuel Duncan Parnell, Hart Udy and family (whose son also named

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was a Mayor of Greytown and a rugby player for New Zealand), William Lyon, and 87 female migrants. On 1 August 1841, she again left London, stopping at

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on 1 September and then arriving at

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on 10 January 1842. On board were 105 male and 142 female passengers, predominantly migrants. On 7 May 1843, ''Duke'', as she was affectionately known to crew and passengers, sailed under Captain Collard from England with

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, the first

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, his wife and family, and

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Fitzherbert Marriott, together with six other cabin passenger including

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and the future squatter Henry Godfrey. Sailing via Trinidade,

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, and

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, ''Duke'' reached

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Town,

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, on 21 July 1843. On 7 December 1843 she was at the Hobart Regatta, her rigging gaily decorated with flags and signals. She left

Town the following January and arrived at

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on 5 June 1844. ''Duke of Roxburgh'' sailed again from Gravesend on 31 October 1846 and arrived at

on 7 March 1847. On 12 November ''Duke of Roxburgh'' sailed from Sydney with 162 passengers for San Francisco, drawn by the news of the discovery of gold in California. Under the command of Capt E. Kirsopp, she left Amoy on 16 August 1851 and arrived at Moreton Bay on 8 November 1851, having touched at

. Her passengers were 227 Chinese labourers. She departed again on 26 November 1851 for Sydney with passengers Mrs Swift, Miss Douglass, Mrs Gray, Mr Coxen, Mr Issac, Mr McDonald, and Mr R. Moore.

Fate

''Duke of Roxburgh'' was wrecked in 1864.''

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Citations

References

* Brett, Henry (1928) ''The Amelia Thompson, White Wings Vol II. Founding Of The Provinces And Old-Time Shipping. Passenger Ships From 1840 To 1885''. (Auckland: Brett Printing). * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Duke Of Roxburgh (Ship) Barques 1828 ships Maritime incidents in 1864 Migrant ships to Australia Migrant ships to New Zealand