Engineering:Catharina (ship)

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Short description: German barque

The Catharina was a barque, built 1810 in Kiel, and weighing 350 tons.

Voyages

  • Hamburg to Port Adelaide, South Australia - 21 September 1838 to 20 January 1839
    • On board were a group of Lutheran dissidents, 'Kavel's People', including Johann Friedrich Krummnow, which wanted to form a community in Australia.[1] En route Krummnow taught the girls but was deemed "not completely satisfactory and the community did not allow him to teach in Australia".[1]
  • Port Adelaide, South Australia to Batavia - departed 27 February 1839

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Nutting, David (2001). "J. F. Krummnow". Teachers on the Web. http://www.teachers.ash.org.au/dnutting/germanaustralia/e/krummnow1.htm. Retrieved 31 October 2012. 

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