Summary
The vessel departed Cornwall on 18 November 1854 and arrived off Cape Northumberland, South Australia, 3 March 1855, reaching Hobsons Bay about 5 days later. The Captain was Richard Nicholls with a crew consisting of Job Kelynack, Charles Boase, two brothers, William and Richard Badcock, Lewis Lewis (cook) and another crewman called Phillip Curnow Matthews
The vessel sailed from Cornwall to Capetown and carried official mail from South Africa to Australia. It arrived in Port Phillip Bay on 14 March 1855 after a voyage of 115 days, one of the smallest immigrant ships to journey to Australia. The vessel was then used as a pilot boat and is recorded as being wrecked during a squall in Keppel Bay, Queensland on 26 March 1869.
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Acquisition Information
Donation from Mr Richard K. Cocks, Jun 1982
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Modelmaker
Mr Richard K. Cocks, England, Great Britain, May 1982
Donor commissioned model in 1981 from the descendant of a Newlyn fisherman's family. -
Other Association (See Comments)
Captain R. Nicholls, circa 1854
R. Nicholls is recorded as the master of the original 'Mystery' during its voyage from Cornwall to Australia in 1854-55. -
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Overall Dimensions
890 mm (Length), 210 mm (Width), 755 mm (Height)
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Other Dimensions
1020 mm (Length), 345 mm (Width), 885 mm (Height)
External measurements for crate only.
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Other Dimensions
650 (Length), 190 (Width), 140 (Height)
Dimensions of Hull. Height= Minimum Depth from keel to main deck. Length at waterline = 620 mm.
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