Caduceus (ship)

Caduceus was a convict ship that transported a single convict from Bombay, India to Fremantle, Western Australia in 1858. It arrived in Fremantle on 5 February 1858. The convict, Patrick Devlin, was a 31-year-old soldier who had been convicted of a breach of articles of war by court-martial in Hyderabad State in December 1855, and sentenced to 14 years' transportation. In addition to Devlin, there were three other passengers on board.

The ship Caduceus off Hong Kong
History
General characteristics

Caduceus served as a hospital ship in the Crimean War where during the Great Storm of 1854 the ship lost all three masts on 14 November. The hull of the wreck of the Caduceus was towed by the steamer Melbourne along the Bosphorus for repair.[1] Caduceus was captained during the Crimea by John Cass (1813-1889) master mariner and brother of the pioneer surveyor of New Zealand Thomas Cass.


See also

References
  1. Illustrated London News 23 December 1854

Sources
  • "Western Australian Convicts – Caducius [sic] 1858". Retrieved 17 February 2006.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.