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From: "Shirley Gaunt" <>
Subject: Re: [Mar] Sacremento 1853
Date: Sat, 4 Dec 2004 02:05:51 +1100
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Greetings Steve,

May I suggest you order this film from LDS? =

Agreements, crew lists and muster rolls of British merchant vessels,
compiled at English sea ports, including names of ships and service records
of crew members, 1747-1856

BT/3471 London Sa-Sc 1853 VAULT BRITISH Film
951103


You should find the crew agreement on this film for Sacramento's voyage to
Port Phillip.

Also maybe of interest, this item from "Encyclopaedia of Australian
Shipwrecks" =
"Sacramento. Wooden ship, 447 tons. Built 1850. Captain W. Holmes. Inward
bound from London with some 300 emigrants, drifted on to Point Lonsdale
reef, Port Phillip Heads, 27 April 1853. All on board were safely landed and
taken in drays to Queenscliff; SS Aphrasia took them on to Melbourne. Just
before the ship broke up Captain Holmes, the carpenter and Pilot Mansfield
went on board and recovered twelve boxes of coin valued at about £60,000.
This was taken to Melbourne on the Government schooner Empire. The vessel
Van Gallan, and the steamer Aphrasia assisted. There was no loss of life,
however the many immigrants on board lost all their possessions and with a
government offering 'only meagre support', most were left destitute, a sad
ending to a long voyage to a new land.
[LO],[LR],[NH],[LV],[WPH],[LAH],[LPH],[DD] "

Happy hunting

Shirl Gaunt
Taree, NSW
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> Hi List Membes,
>
> Sacremento sailed early 1853 for Port Phillip Bay under the command of
Captain W. Holmes. It was wrecked at the entrance to Port Phillip Bay on the
night of the 26th April 1853, details can be found at,
http://www.greatoceanrd.org.au/highlights/shipwrecks/sacremento.htm
>
> I wonder if anyone can help me with the crew list or even just the names
of the Mates who were signed on for the voyage.
>
> Regards
> Steve
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