The Fortitude
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History | |
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United Kingdom | |
Name | Fortitude |
Builder | Tindall, Scarborough |
Launched | 1842 |
Fate | Wrecked circa 1866 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Barque |
Tons burthen | |
Length | 127 ft 5 in (38.8 m)[2] |
Beam | 27 ft 0 in (8.2 m)[2] |
Depth | 20 ft 7 in (6.3 m)[2] |
Fortitude was a barque launched at Scarborough in 1842. In the 1840s she brought free settlers to the colonies of South Australia and Queensland. Thereafter she sailed to India and China, and made one more voyage carrying female immigrants to Port Phillip. She was wrecked circa 1866.