Dunvegan Castle (1819 ship)

History
United Kingdom civil ensignUnited Kingdom
NameDunvegan Castle
NamesakeDunvegan Castle
OwnerFinlay & Co.[1]
BuilderJames Macrae, Chittagong[1]
Launched5 October 1819
FateLost in 1837
General characteristics
Tons burthen446,[2] or 4463094[1] (bm)
Length109 ft 7 in (33.4 m)[1]
Beam30 ft 4 in (9.2 m)[1]
PropulsionSail

Dunvegan Castle was a merchant ship built at Chittagong in 1819. She made two voyages transporting convicts from England and Ireland to Australia. She also transported troops at least twice, once to Burma (1824) and once to Spain (1835). She was lost in 1837.

  1. ^ a b c d e Hackman (2001), p. 270.
  2. ^ Phipps (1840), p. 178.