Nimrod (1824 ship)

For other ships with the same name, see List of ships named Nimrod.
History
United Kingdom
NameNimrod
NamesakeNimrod
BuilderR & A Carsewell, Greenock
Launched1824
FateWrecked 1854
General characteristics [1]
Tons burthen174 (bm)
Length77 ft 9 in (23.7 m)
Beam22 ft 8 in (6.9 m)
Depth of hold14 ft 3 in (4.34 m)
PropulsionSails
Sail planBrig

Nimrod was launched in 1824. Ownership transferred from Port Glasgow to Leith in 1834, and then in 1839 to Sydney, New South Wales. She spent much of her subsequent career trading between Australian and New Zealand ports.

On 20 March 1840, Nimrod, of 174 tons (bm), Hay, master, arrived at Port Nicholson (Wellington), from Sydney.[2]

In 1840, the brig Nimrod, of 174 tons, Lancaster, master, and origin Sydney, departed on 25 October with 12 passengers for the Bay of Islands.

The Sydney Morning Herald reported on 14 November 1842 that parties in the Bay of Islands had purchased Nimrod for use as a whaler.[a] In 1846 she may have been re-registered in Hobart as a whaler. On 25 March 1846, Nimrod, McLeod, master, of 161 tons, departed Hobart in ballast.[4]

Nimrod, Alexander McLeod, master, left Hobart on 26 December 1849 on a whaling voyage to Holdfast Bay. She returned on 22 September 1850.[5]

  1. ^ The Clyde built ships.
  2. ^ McNab (1913), Chap. 22, p.360.
  3. ^ Heflin et al. (2004), p.210.
  4. ^ Colonial Times, 27 March 1846, p.2.
  5. ^ South Australian Maritime Museum - Passengers in History: Nimrod.


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