Runnymede (ship)

Runnymede was convict ship built in 1854 at Sunderland, England, and made her first voyage from London to Australia in 1856.[1]

For other uses, see Runnymede (disambiguation).

Runnymede
History
United Kingdom
Name: Runnymede
Launched: 1854
Fate: Wrecked 2 February 1866
General characteristics
Tons burthen: 720 (bm)
Length: 156 ft (48 m) (passenger deck)
Beam: 29 ft 6 in (9.0 m)
Draught: 13 ft 3 in (4.0 m)
Depth: 19 ft 6 in (5.9 m) (between decks)
Sail plan: frigate

Specifications were as follows: type: frigate, three masts, oak hull, 720 tons, 156.0 ft. long, 29.5 ft. breadth, 19.5 ft. depth,

She was owned at one stage by Brass & Co of Bristol, where she was also registered. She commenced sailing from Sunderland to the East Indies. As the 17th ship of male convicts for the Western Australian colony, she departed Plymouth for Swan River on 15 June 1856, and arrived in Fremantle on 7 September 1856 with 248 convicts, 30 guards with their 19 wives, 18 sons and 22 daughters on board, there having been no deaths recorded on the voyage.[2]

Fate

In 1866, while carrying wool and copper ore between Wallaroo, South Australia and Tasmania to Swansea, Wales, she sprang a leak off Cape Leeuwin, continued on towards Mauritius, and eventually sank near Klippen Point off Eastern Cape, South Africa.

See also

References
  1. [Crimean War Veterans in Western Australia, The Convict Ship Runnymede 1856 https://crimeanwar-veteranswa.com/ships/runnymede/]
  2. Royal Engineers' Expedition to the Swan River Colony, Lieut. Derrick Prall, R.E., 1999.
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