 |
|
Official Number
????? |
|
|
|
Official Number
????? |
| The Martha was a brig built at Maryport in 1838. She was owned
by Lee & Co. of Liverpool. Her master from 1847 to 1850 was Capt.Joseph
Mundle, and under his command the brig traded to Chile and Peru
The Martha, Capt Joseph Mundle, left Launceston, Tasmania bound for New Zealand on the 1st August 1848 (see Source 2). Capt. Joseph Mundle was born in Scotland, date unknown, his father being George Mundle, ship builder. He was married in 1844 at Liverpool, and his daughter, Elizabeth, was later born aboard the Martha. Elizabeth's brother, George, was born on the 30th September 1850 on board the ship John Wood in Whampoa Anchorage on the Pearl River, Canton, China. Capt.Mundle commanded the following vessels before his death at Wusong (Shanghai) on the 7th August 1863. |
 |
| Date | Vessel | Owners | Voyage |
| 1847-1850 | Martha | ||
| 1855 | Commodore Perry | Black Ball Line, Liverpool | Liverpool - Launceston - Sydney - Bombay |
| 1856 -1857 | Oliver Lang | Black Ball Line, Liverpool | Liverpool - Wellington - Nelson - Lyttleton |
| 1857 | Donald McKay | Black Ball Line, Liverpool | Liverpool - Melbourne - Liverpool |
| 1857-1858 | Oliver Lang | Black Ball Line, Liverpool | Liverpool - Wellington. Wrecked in a storm in Wellington Harbour |
| 1860 | Anne Longton | Liverpool - Nelson - New Plymouth, NZ |
The Martha was registered at Workington in 1860 and at Sunderland
in 1873 (see Source 1). She was lost in 1873.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Sources :
|
|
|
|