Category: Blenheim (1834)

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Barque: 375 Tons

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The Blenheim that sailed to Port Nicholson in 1840 was a 375-ton barque, owned by Brown and Company of London. A barque is a type of sailing vessel with three or more masts having the fore- and mainmasts rigged square and only the mizzen (the aftermost mast) rigged fore-and-aft. The name comes from the 1704 Battle of Blenheim in the War of the Spanish Succession, when John Churchill, Duke of Marlborough, won a famous victory.

There were a number of vessels called “Blenheim” which operated in the 19th century...

The Blenheim was built in 1834 at Jarrow-on-Tyne, in the north-east of England for Brown & Co. The Blenheim was first listed in the Supplement to the Lloyd’s Registers of 1835, with her Master being Captain Brown.

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