BENGALEE
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The Bengalee: 3 mast barque of 354 tons (om)
Scottish Merchantman built at Dumbarton in 1837 owned by Hamlin and Company, Greenock.

departed Hamburg on Tuesday, 10 Jul 1838
arrived at Holdfast Bay, SA on Friday, 16 Nov 1838 and Port Adelaide on 19 Nov 1838
under the command of Peter Schacht
departed for Batavia on 27 Feb 1939
 

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Passenger List

The Bengalee departed Hamburg on Tuesday, 10 July 1838 with 10 cabin passengers and 23 other immigrants on board.  She arrived at Port Adelaide, South Australia on Tuesday, 19 November 1839.  There were 2 deaths during the voyage.  The passenger list below is based on that that appears in David Schubert's Kavel's People[1].   This is, in part, based on an official list compiled by the emigration agent, R.V. Swaine, in Hamburg.

In the period between November and January 1839 approximately 200 German immigrants arrived in Port Adelaide, South Australia.  They were religious refugees sponsored by George Fife Angas and under the leadership of  Pastor August Kavel.   The first to arrive were on the Prince George and the supply ship Bengalee which left in July 1838, arriving at Port Adelaide in November.  Further immigrants arrived on the Zebra which left in August and arrived in December 1838 and the Catharina which left in September and arrived in January 1839.  Their story is recounted in David Schubert's Kavel's People[1].

The Bengalee was principally a supply ship.
 
Captain
HAMLIN [1] Thomas

Cabin Passengers
ALDENHOVEN [1]
 Hermann Marno Karsten
ALDENHOVEN [1]
 Franz Sophius Ferdinand
BOTH [1]
 Johann Heinrich

Joachime Georgine Jiliane Meta (nee ALDENHOVEN)

.....Johann Christian Heinrich

.....Anna Margaretha Petrine

.....Johanne Margaretha Emma

.....Carl Christian Wilhelm (died on voyage)

.....Fritz Christian Marno
LANKISCH [1]
 Friedrich
SATTERUP [1]
 Dr (died on voyage)

Steerage Passengers
ENGELHARDT
 Johann Wilhelm Eduard (20)
KNISPEL
 Johann (Hans) (died on voyage) (72)

.....Johann Christian (32)
KNISPEL
 Johann Gottfried (son of Johann above) (42)

Anna Rosina (nee PFEIFFER) (41)

.....Anna Dorothea (16)

.....Johann Christian (14)

.....Johann Gottfried (9)

.....Johanne Luise (7)

.....Johanne Eleonore (2)
RAU
 Christian (19)
THOMAS
 Ernst August (24)
WARMBRUNN
 Friedrich Traugott (35)

.....Traugott Hermann (6)

Luise Auguste (nee SAGITZ) (31)

.....Juliane Maria (4)

.....Traugott Christian Emmanuel (2)

.....Paul Johannes Daniel (4 months)
WEBER
 Christian (51)
ZILM
 		Johann Christian (39)

Anna Dorothea (nee Mattiske) (28)

.....Johann Friedrich Wilhelm (10)

.....Johann Friedrich (7)

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Newspaper Reports

South Australian Gazette and Colonial Register
Adelaide - 24th November 1838 [2]

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References

[1] Schubert, D. Kavel's People Lutheran Publishing House: Adelaide, 1985, pp 73-4, 156-9
[2] Sexton, R.T. Shipping Arrivals and Departures South Australia 1627-1950 Gould Books: Ridgehaven, SA, 1990.
[3] Brauer, A. Under The Southern Cross Lutheran Publishing House: Adelaide, 1956 (facsimile edition 1985).
[4] Iwan, W. Because of Their Beliefs (translated and edited by Schubert, D.) H. Schubert: Highgate, SA, 1995.

Links

Passengers on the Bengalee
    Warmbrunn
    Warmbrunn

Passenger list (Di Cummings - Bound for South Australia)

Ship description (Wikipedia)
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