History
United Kingdom
Name	Bengalee
Port of registry	Greenock:3 June 1837 [1] Whitehaven:1840 [1]
Builder	Archibald P McFarlane Jnr & Co., Dumbarton [1]
Launched	1837
Fate	Wrecked 23 October 1851
General characteristics
Tons burthen	Old Act: 304 [2] ( bm) New Act (post 1836): 354 [2] (bm)
Length	101 ft 2 in (30.8 m) [1]
Beam	23 ft 0 in (7.0 m) [1]
Depth	17 ft 7 in (5.4 m) [1]

Bengalee was a three-masted merchant barque built in 1837 at Dumbarton. She first appeared in Lloyd's Register (LR) in 1838 with Hamlin, master, Hamlin and Company, of Greenock, owners, and trade Clyde– Calcutta. ^[2] Captain Thomas Hamlin did not allow the consumption of alcohol on his ship, thus it was known as a temperance ship.

Voyages

• Hamburg to Port Adelaide, South Australia. Bengalee left Hamburg on 16 July 1838 and stopped at the Downs. She arrived at Kingscote, South Australia on 9 November and at Port Adelaide on 16 November. Although primarily carrying supplies, she also carried 27 passengers, among whom were a group of the first Prussian settlers to Australia. From Port Adelaide she sailed on 29 February 1839 to Batavia.
• Calcutta to Liverpool – arrived 16 December 1839
• ??? to Sydney – arrived 26 June 1840
• Hobart Town to Canton – arrived 3 November 1843

Fate

Bengalee was driven ashore on 23 October 1851 and broke her back at Saugor. Her crew abandoned her. She was on a voyage from Calcutta to Genoa, Kingdom of Sardinia. ^[3]

Citations

References

• " Ships arriving in South Australia 1838", Pioneers Association of South Australia
• " Shipping Arrivals", South Australian Genealogy & Heraldry Society Inc
• " Bengalee", Private homepage of Graeme Moad
• " Bengalee 1838", Private webpages of DIANE CUMMINGS
• " Australian shipping 1788-1968", Convictions: Australian Shipping on the net