Artemis

 Official Number
none

The Artemis was a ship built at Workington by William Wallace in 1830.

The Artemis seems to have been sailing between London and Sydney from the late 1830's.  On the 19th August 1843 the barque arrived at Sydney under the command of Capt.MacDonald, having left the Downs on the 16th April. In September 1843 the Artemis, Captain C.C.MacDonald, left Sydney for Valparaiso, with a sundry cargo. He also had his wife aboard, a cabin passenger named Miss Howards, and eleven passengers in steerage. He possibly put into New Zealand, but arrived at Valparaiso, where he loaded a copper ore cargo for Liverpool.

The Morning Chronicle, Friday, 8th November 1844;

" VALPARAISO, Aug.15 - The Artemis, hence to Liverpool, has been wrecked on the island of Chiloe; crew saved."

Name
Year Built
Gross Tons
Length (feet)
Breadth (feet)
Depth (feet)
Masts
Figurehead
Stern
Lloyd's Classn.
Artemis
1830
 312 om
 
 
 
3
 
 
  

Sources :

  1. "Shipbuilding at Workington - a Checklist" by Harry Fancy, pub. Whitehaven Museum (1985) - built as a ship, 312 tons.
  2. Entry no.2 for 1843 in the Workington Shipping Register 1839-55 (Ref.TSR/3/1 at Cumbria Record Office, Whitehaven) - states that the Artemis was 312 tons, built at Workington in 1830, and was wrecked at the island of Chiloe, West coast of South America. The register was closed on the 7th November 1844.
  3. Lloyd's Register of Shipping 1844-5: Artemis, barque, 312 tons, built at Workington in 1830, owned by Sparks & Co., registered at Whitehaven, master Capt.Goulding, voyage London - Sydney.
  4. Australian newspapers from the website of the National Library of Australia.
  5. Departure from Sydney in the Sydney Morning Herald, 30th September 1843. A report in the Morning Chronicle (Sydney) newspaper, 11th Sept.1844, stated that the Artemis was at Valparaiso loading a cargo of copper ore for Liverpool.