Sketch of the Lady of St Kilda by Jno. R. Browning c 1890
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History | |
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United Kingdom | |
Name | Lady of St Kilda |
Owner | Sir Thomas Dyke Acland, 10th Baronet |
Builder | Robert Newman |
Launched | 1834 at Dartmouth, Devon, England |
Fate | Wrecked November 1844 |
General characteristics | |
Tonnage | 139 tons |
The Lady of St Kilda was a schooner which served from 1834 before being shipwrecked off Tahiti shortly after 1843.[1]
It is notable for its cultural importance to Melbourne, Australia, where it was moored in the 1840s. Several places in bayside Melbourne, including the suburb of St Kilda, and the former municipality the City of St Kilda (now part of the City of Port Phillip) take its name from the ship, its owner and captain.[2][3][4][5]