Parramatta

A wooden full-rigged ship built of teak in 1866 by James Laing, Sunderland. Dimensions: 231'0"×38'2"×22'8" and tonnage: 1521 GRT, 1521 NRT and 1298 tons under deck. She also loaded 190 tons under a raised quarter deck. Equipped with iron beams.

1866 May: Launched at the shipyard of James Laing, Sunderland, for Devitt & Moore, London. Assigned the official British Reg. No. 54740 and signal HSFR. Employed in the Australian cargo and passenger trade.
1866-1873: In command of Captain John Williams late of the same owner's ship La Hogue.
1873-1874: In command of Captain J.R. Brown.
1874-1887: In command of Captain William Goddard late of the same owner's ship La Hogue.
1876 February 1 - April 21: Sailed from Sydney to London in 79 days with a cargo of wool.
1877 February 17 - May 10: Sailed from Sydney to London in 82 days.
1879 February 5 - April 26: Sailed from Sydney to Plymouth in 80 days with a cargo of wool.
1881 January 24 - April 30: Sailed from Sydney to London in 96 days with a cargo of wool.
1883 March 6 - July 7: Sailed from Sydney to London in 123 days with a cargo of wool.
1887: Sold to J. Simonsen, Mandal, Norway.
1898 January 12: Sailed from Sapelo, Galveston, TX, for Ling's Lynn, Norfolk, with a cargo of pitch-pine and disappeared on the way.

References:

Square-rigged ships, general references.
Course, A.G.: Painted Ports. The story of the ships of Messrs Devitt and Moore.
Hollis & Carter, London, 1961. 8vo, x, 230 pp, 6 plates.
Lubbock, Basil: The Colonial Clippers.
Brown, Ferguson & Son, Glasgow, 1948 (2nd).

Updated 1997-05-06 by Lars Bruzelius

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