Sailing Information
built: Sundeborg, Denmark in 1839
size: 400 / 460 tons
master: Captain Hans Christian Claussen
surgeon superintendent: Dr. Simons
passengers: FRITZSCHE, Pastor - Cabin, HILMAUR / MILMAURS, (Mr ?) and wife - Cabin, NERLICH Mrs/Madame - Cabin, (Pastor Frizschke's future mother-in-law see above), NERLICH Miss - Cabin. (later married Pastor Frizschke see above), SIMONS, Dr. - Cabin. and 213 German immigrants in steerage
Deaths on voyage: between 41 and 52 deaths occured during this voyage depending on which record you see.
Further information and passenger details see the Freespace SKJOLD From Hamburg to South Australia 1841
Passenger Lists
- Barry Leadbeater’s South Australian Shipping & Immigration database at: http://www.familyhistorysa.org//shipping/passengerlists.html
- 03/07/1841 - 27/10/1841 from the Passengers in History An initiative of the South Australian Maritime Museum at: http://passengersinhistory.sa.gov.au/node/946177
- The SKIOLD / SKJOLD from Diane Cumming’s Bound For South Australia database at: https://bound-for-south-australia.collections.slsa.sa.gov.au//1841Skiold.htm
- ship Skjold, 460 tons, Captain Hans Christian Claussen, from Altona 3rd July 1841, arrived at Port Adelaide, South Australia 27th October 1841 transcribed and submitted by Robert Janmaat on the Ships List at: http://www.theshipslist.com/ships/australia/skjold1841.shtml
- SKJOLD from Graeme Moad's Ships Index at: http://graememoad.com/Family/Ships/skjold.htm
Further Reading
In German settlement in Australia from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_settlement_in_Australia#The_Skjold_Group_%E2%80%93_October_1841