Sir Fowell Buxton (ship)
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The barque Sir Fowel Buxton on shore at Capin Assu, on the north-east coast of Brazil[1]
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| Owner: | Peter Tindall |
| Launched: | 1851 |
| Fate: | Wrecked 1853 |
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| Tons burthen: | 446 |
Sir Fowell Buxton was a ship of 446 tons[2]. She was registered in the port of London in 1951 and served the Australian Line of Packets [3]. Her first captain was John Hacker, and at the time of her last voyage her master was George Woodcock.[4]
In 1853, whilst sailing from London to Geelong and Port Phillip with 230 on board, she struck Tapioca Shoals off the coast of Brazil, north of Cape San Roque in the state of Rio Grande do Norte. Of the passengers on board only 3 lives were lost.[5] All those who reached shore suffered from thirst on the barren shore; eventually reached Pernambuco, and later continued their voyage on the brig Richard They joined Richard at Valparaíso in Chile.[6]
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