Orleana

Official Number none

The Orleana was a full-rigged ship built in the Isle of Man in 1835. She seems to have started her career in the trade to Calcutta, then moved into the emigrant trade to Australia.

From the Times, Weds. 1st January 1840 page 1 (Advertisement) :

" FOR SOUTH AUSTRALIA, under engagement to Her Majesty's Colonisation Commissioners, the beautiful and well-known passenger ship Orleana, A1, 649 tons register, coppered and copper fastened, Alexander Cameron, Commander; lying in the St.Katherine Dock. This splendid ship has a spacious poop and other accommodation for passengers."

Sources :

1. Lloyd's Register of Shipping, 1837 - ship, reg.Liverpool, master Cameron.
2. Lloyd's Register of Shipping, 1848 - ship, reg.Liverpool, then Belfast, master Johnson, then J.Henry, owner Ridgway, then Gregg & Co. - Liverpool to New Orleans trade.
3. Lloyd's Register of Shipping, 1854 - ship, reg.Belfast, master H.Evans, owner Gregg & Co. - Liverpool to New Orleans trade.
4. Orleana 1839 Pasenger list - vessel left Liverpool 5th October 1838 and arrived Adelaide 11th January 1839.
5. Orleana 1840 Pasenger list - vessel left the Downs 2nd Feb.1840 and arrived Port Adelaide 10th June 1840.