Alfred (Ship 1841)

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The Swedish built ship Alfred made numerous voyages to the Australian Colonies in the 1840s and 1850s

Type: ship

Size: 604 - 635 tons

Built: at Lulea, Sweden in 1841 (originally named the Australia)

Owner: On 30 November 1844, the Australia was purchased from Liliewalch of Stockholm by the Hamburg firm of J C Godeffroy & Sohn, who renamed her the Alfred.

Sources

• Alfred from the Passengers in History website an initiative of the South Australian Maritime Museum. first accessed online on the 17th of November, 2019 at: http://passengersinhistory.sa.gov.au/node/919420 , http://passengersinhistory.sa.gov.au/node/919409 & http://passengersinhistory.sa.gov.au/node/1003704
• THE "ALFRED" FROM GERMANY. from the Adelaide Observer (SA : 1843 - 1904) of Saturday 9 December 1848, Page 2. first accessed online on the 17th of November, 2019 at: https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/158926862?
• ALFRED from Graeme Moad's Immigrants to Australia - Ship Index website. first accessed online on the 17th of November, 2019 at: http://graememoad.com/Family/Ships/alfred.htm