The barque Africaine in the Indian Ocean, Wednesday 12 October 1836; watercolour by one of the passengers, John Michael Skipper in the First Fleet of South Australia
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History | |
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United Kingdom | |
Name | Africaine |
Builder | Robert & Thomas Brown Jr., Jarrow, Newcastle upon Tyne[1] |
Launched | 1831[1] |
Fate | Wrecked 23 September 1843 |
General characteristics [1] | |
Tons burthen | 316 (bm) |
Length | 98 ft 9 in (30.1 m) |
Beam | 27 ft 0 in (8.2 m) |
Sail plan | Barque |
Africaine (or African, or Africanus) was a barque launched in 1831 at Jarrow on the River Tyne in England.[2] In 1836 she carried immigrants as part of the First Fleet of South Australia. She was wrecked on 23 September 1843.