British Merchant merchantman 'Duke of Buccleugh' (1831)

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Duke of Buccleugh
Nominal Guns	Unknown	EICS
Nationality	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Operator	Private Owners
Launched	15.4.1831	ref:1381
First Commissioned	1831	EICS
How acquired	Purpose built	ref:1381
Shipyard	Blackwall - London	ref:1381
Constructor	Money WigramBritish Ship Owner Ship Builder Service 1790-1873	ref:1381
Category	Merchant	EICS
Ship Type	Merchantman
Sailing Rig	Ship Rigged
Wrecked	1840	ref:1381

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentEICS
Burthen619Tons BM
DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric Equivalentref:1381
Length of Gundeck135' 6"Imperial Feet41.1524
Breadth31' 7"Imperial Feet9.6266
Burthen618Tons BM

Owners

DatesOwnerSource
1831 - 1832IORMAR

1 Ship Commander

DatesRankNameSource
30.5.1831 - 19.5.1832Captain (HEIC)IORMAR

Notes on Ship

EIC JournalIORMAR

Chartered ship, 619 tons.

Principal Managing Owner:

Robert Green.

Vogages

(1) Capt Alexander Henning. Downs 10 Jun 1831 - 22 Sep Madras - 10 Oct Calcutta - 18 Jan 1832 Madras - 10 Mar Cape - 30 Mar St Helena - 8 May moorings.

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

EICSAndrea Cordani, Cy Harrison, Web Site

IORMAR Archive

ref:1381Rowan HackmanBook

Previous comments on this page

Posted by Sue Dunn on Thursday 21st of August 2025 06:52

I have been trying (unsuccessfully so far) to track down any passenger list for the Duke of Buccleugh/Buccleuch. Family records show that this ship delivered only the second group of free settlers to Australia, arriving in Sydney in October 1832.

Posted by Sue Dunn on Thursday 21st of August 2025 06:52

Posted by AvM on Monday 21st of October 2019 22:30

Registered London #124 on 20 Apr 1831
618 37/04t b,m
master Alexander Henning
-> Robert Francis Martin (was 1836)
->Mark Currie Coser (was 1838)
->Norman McLeod (late of RICHMOND was 1839)

Posted by AvM on Monday 21st of October 2019 22:16

From Hackman book:

DUKE OF BUCCLEUGH. Ship. 1831-1832.
618 bm. 135'6 x 31'7
15.4.1831: Launched by Wigram, Blackwall, for Robert Green. Captain Alexander Henning
1) 10.6.1831 - 9.5.1832: Madras and Bengal.
1832-1840: In private trade to India.
1840: Wrecked on Palmira Reef, near Calcutta.

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