Re: Ships - Rosslin Castle etc

[Lena A Löfström <lal@algonet.se>]

I have just found this information on this ships.....


Rosslyn Castle was also recorded as Roslin Castle due to later ships
being 
spelt the second way:

Dates it arrived in Australia carrying convicts and where the ship
departed 
from.
Roslin Castle   29 June 1830    Downs
                 5 Feb 1833      Cork
                 15 Sept 1834    London
                 25 Feb 1836     Cork

There has been more than one ship known as Roslin Castle.  The convict 
indents record one as Rosslyn Castle but thereafter it is spelt Roslin
Castle.

This ship was apparently a barque and was shipwrecked in 1848 when it 
shifted ballast in a storm and put into Gaspe.

The following information comes from Lloyds Shipping Register:
ROSLIN CASTLE - 1828-1829

(Green Book - Underwriters)
Master:  Captain Hepburn (1828); Captain J.F. Duff (1828-29)
Rigging:  Ship; single deck with beams; sheathed in copper in 1823;
                sheathed in patent felt and copper over boards in 1828
Tonnage:  450 tons
Construction:  Bristol; vessel 8 years old (1828)
Owners:  Skeddens (1828); Kains (1828-29)
Draught under load:  18 feet
Port of survey:  London
Voyage:  sailed for Jamaica (1828); New South Wales (1829)

(Red Book - Shipowners)
Master:  Captain Hepburn (1828); Captain Duff (1829)
Rigging:  Ship; single deck with beams; sheathed in copper in 1828
Tonnage:  448 tons
Construction:  1819 in Bristol
Owners:  Skeddens (1828); Kain (1828-29)
Draught under load:  18 feet
Port of survey:  London
Voyage:  sailed for Jamaica (1828); New South Wales (1829)

Best regards
Lena A L
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