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Sydney Packet

Sydney Packet may refer to:Sydney Packet , was an American ship, taken in prize c. 1814 under another name, condemned, and sold to Alexander Birnie & Co. She sailed to New South Wales, and then made three voyages as a whaler. She was lost in 1826. Sydney Packet, Bunker, master, foundered at sea in November 1816 while sailing from New South Wales to London. Her crew were saved and taken into the Brazils. Sydney Packet (1826–1837), a two-masted schooner of 84 tons, built in Sydney, Australia, in 1826 and captained by James Bruce; later purchased by John Jones (1809–1869), and outfitted as a bay whaler; wrecked at Moeraki, Otago, 17 July 1837.

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Sydney Packet may refer to:

  • Sydney Packet (1814 ship) (or Sidney Packet), was an American ship, taken in prize c. 1814 under another name, condemned, and sold to Alexander Birnie & Co. She sailed to New South Wales, and then made three voyages as a whaler. She was lost in 1826.
  • Sydney Packet, Bunker, master, foundered at sea in November 1816 while sailing from New South Wales to London. Her crew were saved and taken into the Brazils.1
  • Sydney Packet (1826–1837), a two-masted schooner of 84 tons, built in Sydney, Australia, in 1826 and captained by James Bruce; later purchased by John Jones (1809–1869), and outfitted as a bay whaler; wrecked at Moeraki, Otago, 17 July 1837.
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