Amity (brig)
Ship used in Australia in the early nineteenth century / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Amity was a 148-ton brig used in several notable voyages of exploration and settlement in Australia in the early nineteenth century.
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Amity replica at Albany, Western Australia | |
History | |
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Name | Amity |
Builder | St John's, New Brunswick |
Launched | 1816 |
Fate | Wrecked near Vansittart Island on 18 June 1845 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Brig |
Tonnage | 148 tons burthen |
Length | 75 feet 6 inches |
Beam | 21 feet 5 inches |
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She was built in New Brunswick in 1816 and for some years was used as a merchant vessel trading between America and Britain before being brought to Australia in 1824.