DOUGLAS - 1850


Master : Captain Douglas (1850);
Captain M Rogers (1851)
Rigging:Brig; sheathed in copper in 1847 & 1851
The copper sheathing was to make her free of barnacles
hence the expression copper-bottomed.
Tonnage: 379 tons in old measurements
and 472 tons in new
(she was quite a small ship, with two masts).

Construction: 1846 in Hull in East Yorkshire, England
Owners: Collinson
Port of registry: London, Port of survey: London

With a total of 21 deaths on the voyage the ship was called The Death Ship in South Australian newspapers, and there were lengthy complaints published about the officers and surgeon (REGISTER January 12, 1850)
REPORT on the journey of THE DOUGLAS

DOUGLAS sailed for Sydney 1851
PASSENGER LIST:
COE Miss - Cabin GOLDIE W. Mr - Cabin
COE Mr - Cabin WATSON H.R. - Cabin
FEGAN J.F. Mr - Cabin WATSON Mr and Mrs - Cabin
     
ADCOCK W. (a Mr Adcock died Sept 29, 1849 on voyage, cholera) KING Edward
ARETON Harriet LANDELL family (not on passenger list)
ARETON J.S. LANDELL Mrs died on voyage 21 Oct 1849
ARNOLD Edmund LANDELL infant died on voyage 17 Oct 1849, diarrhoea
BABBINGTON Thomas and wife LOGAN Henry died at the Port (Emigration Depot), on 14 Jan
BABBINGTON Sarah Ann (died Oct 17 1849 on voyage, convulsions) LUME J
BARNARD David - husband (not on passenger list) MIDDLETON Mr
BARNARD Athalia died of typhus (not on passenger list) MIDDLETON Mrs died Dec 2 1849 on voyage
BARNARD child (died Oct 19 1849 on voyage, diarrhoea) MIDDLETON Isabella
BARNARD son, aged 13 years old (not on passenger list) MIDDLETON John
BASSETT A. (died Sep 29 1849 on voyage, cholera) MIDDLETON Thomas
BEARPARK G. and wife, 2 children MILLER Robert died Sep 29 1849 on voyage, cholera
BOW R. NORWOOD Eliza child
BOWYER infant died on voyage 16 Oct 1849, diarrhoea OSBORNE J.
BOWYER / BOYER, J. and wife OTTY D.M.
BRELL Luke PARNELL family (not on passenger list)
BULMER Mr died Oct 3 1849 on voyage, cholera PARNELL child died Dec 29 1849 on voyage, epilepsy
BULMER child died Oct 5 1849 on voyage, cholera ROGERS Thomas and wife, 1 child
BULWER John and wife, 2 children ROGERS Hay
CAPTS G. SHELTON, Mr R. and wife, 4 children
CLAY John died Oct 9 1849 on voyage, cholera SHELTON children, Esau 16, John 14, Richard jnr. 10 and Agnes 8.
ELLISS family (not on passenger list) SHETLIFF S. and wife, 2 children
ELLISS child died Dec 14 1849 on voyage, dysentry THORNETT Mr W. (Thernett) died Sep 29 1849 on voyage, cholera
EVANS, Edward - died Jan 13 on board the Douglas at the Port (Adelaide), THORNETT Mrs died Sep 29 1849 on voyage, cholera
    (brother of Mr Evans of the London firm of Bradbury & Evans.) TILLEY G. and wife, 8 children
FRAZER S.R. TILLEY E. (an infant died Oct 31 1849 on voyage)
GREENBOW G. URBOLN W.
GROSSE J. WALMSBY G.
HOLL W.T. WATSON E. and wife, 2 children
HUTCHINSON J. (wife died Dec 8 1849 on voyage, dysentry) WHELLER Mrs died Oct 31 1849 on voyage (not on passenger list)
HUTCHINSON, 4 children (one child died Dec 18 1849 on voyage, dysentry) WILLARD Jane Mrs died Sep 29 1849 at Plymouth,

DEATHS on the voyage to Adelaide. There were several reports in the papers, from both passengers and details from the inquests, that approx. 23 people died.
There were conflicting details relating to dates and causes of death (reflected in the passenger list). Cannot relate the child who died October 4th to anyone on passenger list
Adcock, Mr died Sep 29 1849, of cholera
   Sep 27, died of cholera
   Sep 29 1849, congestion of brain
Babington Sarah died Oct 17 1849
   [girl] Oct 15, aged 15
   Oct 17 1849, convulsions
Barnard, David - husband [not on passenger list]
Barnard, Athalia - died of typhus [not on passenger list]
Barnard son, 13 years old [not on passenger list]
Barnard child died Oct 19 1849, of diarrhoea
Bassett, Mr died Sep 29 1849, of cholera
   Sep 26, died of cholera
   Sep 28 1849, cholera
Bowyer infant died Oct 16 1849, diarrhoea
  [child] Oct 14, 14 months Oct 16 1849,
  effusion of brain
Bulmer Mr died Oct 3 1849, cholera
   [man] Oct 2 1849, died of cholera

Bulmer [child] Oct 5 1849 died, cholera
   Oct 5 1849, diarrhoea
Clay Mr died Oct 9 1849, of cholera
   Oct 9, aged 27
Elliss child died Dec 14 1849, of dysentry
   Dec 14 1849, of pneumonia
Evans, Edward - Died of dropsy on board the Douglas
at the Port (Adelaide), on Jan 13th 1850, superinduced by
habitual intoxication during the voyage [not on passenger list],
brother of Mr Evans of the London firm of Bradbury & Evans.
Hutchinson, Mrs died Dec 8 1849, of dysentry

Hutchinson child died Dec 18 1849, of dysentry
  Dec 18 1849, of inanition
Landell, Mrs died Oct 21 1849
   [woman] Oct 21, leaving 5 small children
   Oct, 21 1849, exhaustion from sea sickness
Landell infant died Oct 17 1849, of diarrhoea
   [child] Oct 15 / Oct 17 1849, debility
Middleton, Mrs died Dec 2 1849, of diarrhoea
Miller, Mr died Sep 29 1849, of cholera
   Sep 28 1849, died of cholera
Parnell child died Dec 29 1849 of epilepsy
   Dec 29 1849, of convulsions
Thornett, Mr died Sep 29 1849, of cholera
   [Thorns] Sep 28, died of cholera
   Sep 28 1849, of cholera Thornett Mrs died Sep 29 1849, of cholera
   [Thorns] Sep 28, died of cholera
Tilley infant died Oct 31 1849
   Oct 31 1849, of debility
Wheller, Mrs died Oct 31 1849, of fever Willard, Mrs died Sep 29 1849 at Plymouth,
   died of sea-sickness, Sep 24
   Sep 27 1849, of cholera