The Skeleton Closet

Asiatic

A wooden barque built in Sunderland in 1841 which, under command of Captain Alexander Stuart Waddell, arrived in Adelaide on 26 December 1849 from London carrying firebricks and passengers. [List]

Dimensions

length - 109' 9"
beam - 25' 4"
depth of hold - 19' 5"
tonnage - 503 tons

Story about the voyage of this ship out to Australia coming soon.

Passengers

Ryder, Mr Joseph