She was fitted with bunks and between April and September from 1845 to 1851, she carried passengers on the outward leg to North America. These passengers were people desperate to escape the Great Famine of Ireland at the time, and conditions for steerage passengers were tough.
An area of 6 foot square was allocated to up to 4 passengers (who might not be related) and their children. Often 50% died on passage (they were known as "coffin ships"). However, the mortality rate on the Dunbrody was exceptionally low, no doubt due to her captains, John Baldwin and his successor John W. Williams, with passengers writing home often praising their dedication. On one passage with 313 passengers, almost twice her normal complement, only 6 died.
Dispositionedit
In 1869, after 24 years of service with the Graves family, she was sold. In 1874, while travelling from Cardiff to Quebec, she ran aground in the Saint Lawrence River. She was bought by a salvage company, repaired and sold again but in 1875 she foundered on the Labrador coast and was lost.
dunbrody, 1845, this, article, about, original, vessel, replica, dunbrody, 2001, this, article, does, cite, sources, please, help, improve, this, article, adding, citations, reliable, sources, unsourced, material, challenged, removed, find, sources, dunbrody, . This article is about the original vessel For the replica see Dunbrody 2001 This article does not cite any sources Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Dunbrody 1845 news newspapers books scholar JSTOR August 2020 Learn how and when to remove this template message The Dunbrody was a three masted barque built in Quebec in 1845 by Thomas Hamilton Oliver for the Graves family merchants from New Ross in Wexford She operated primarily as a cargo vessel carrying timber and guano to Ireland Contents 1 Passenger service 2 Disposition 3 See also 4 External linksPassenger service editShe was fitted with bunks and between April and September from 1845 to 1851 she carried passengers on the outward leg to North America These passengers were people desperate to escape the Great Famine of Ireland at the time and conditions for steerage passengers were tough An area of 6 foot square was allocated to up to 4 passengers who might not be related and their children Often 50 died on passage they were known as coffin ships However the mortality rate on the Dunbrody was exceptionally low no doubt due to her captains John Baldwin and his successor John W Williams with passengers writing home often praising their dedication On one passage with 313 passengers almost twice her normal complement only 6 died Disposition editIn 1869 after 24 years of service with the Graves family she was sold In 1874 while travelling from Cardiff to Quebec she ran aground in the Saint Lawrence River She was bought by a salvage company repaired and sold again but in 1875 she foundered on the Labrador coast and was lost See also editJeanie Johnston Dunbrody 2001 a replica ship constructed Cian T McMahon The Coffin Ship Life and Death at Sea during the Great Irish Famine NYU Press 2021 External links editweb site of the Dunbrody replica project52 23 38 N 6 56 53 W 52 39389 N 6 94806 W 52 39389 6 94806 nbsp This Ireland maritime related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Dunbrody 1845 amp oldid 1154002322, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
