Revised 4/29/2009
The vessels mentioned in this work, which have touched at Pitcairn's Island, between 1808 and 1856 inclusive, are as follow:
VESSEL. | CAPTAIN. | DATE. |
---|---|---|
Topaz | Polger | 1808 |
H.M.S. Briton | Sir T. Staines | 1814 |
H.M.S. Tagus | Pipon | 1814 |
Sultan | Reynolds | 1817 |
Hercules | Henderson | 1819 |
H.M.S. Blossom | Beechey | 1825 |
Lovely | Blythe | 1826 |
H.M.S. Seringapatam | Waldegrave | 1830 |
Lucy Anne | J. Currey | 1831 |
Bordeaux Packet | ____ | 1831 |
H.M.S. Comet | Sandilands | 1831 |
H.M S. Challenger | Fremantle | 1833 |
H.M.S. Actaeon< | Lord E. Russell | 1837 |
H.M.S Imogene | H.W.Bruce | 1837 |
H.M.S. Fly | R. Elliott | 1838 |
H.M.S. Sparrowhawk | Shepherd | 1839 |
H.M.S. Curacoa | Jenkin Jones | 1841 |
Cyrus | J. Hall | 1823 |
America | ____ | 1843 |
H.M.S. Talbot | Sir T. Thompson, Bart. | 1843 |
H.M.S. Basilisk | H. Hunt | 1844 |
H.M.S. Pandora | T. Wood | 1849 |
H.M.S. Daphne | Fanshawe | 1849 |
Fanny | Leathart | 1849 |
Noble | Parker | 1850 |
Colonist | Marshall | 1850 |
H.M.S. Cockatrice | Dillon | 1851 |
Joseph Meigs | ____ | 1851 |
Sharon | ____ | 1851 |
Balaena | ____ | 1852 |
H.M.S. Daedalus | Wellesley | 1852 |
H.M.S. Portland | Vice-Ad.Moresby, K.C.B. | 1852, 1853 |
Adeline Gibbs | Weeks | 1859 |
H.M.S. Virago | Prevost | 1853 |
H.M.S. Dido | Morshead | 1833, 1856 |
H.M.S. Juno | Fremantle | 1855 |
Amphitrite | ____ | 1855 |
Matthew Luce | Coon | 1855 |
Southern Cross | McArthur | 1855 |
Morayshire | Mathers | 1856 |
The following Signals were established by Admiral Moresby, and agreed upon in 1853:
A PLAIN WHITE FLAG will be hoisted when it is possible to communicate from Bounty Bay.
"Whose right there was none to dispute."
The reader's attention is now called to a short notice of the original settlement, and present condition of Norfolk Island.