The Catharina was a
barque
A barque, barc, or bark is a type of sailing ship, sailing vessel with three or more mast (sailing), masts of which the fore mast, mainmast, and any additional masts are Square rig, rigged square, and only the aftmost mast (mizzen in three-maste ...
, built 1810 in
Kiel
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, and weighing 350 tons.
Voyages
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Hamburg
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to
Port Adelaide, South Australia
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- 21 September 1838 to 20 January 1839
**On board were a group of
Lutheran
Lutheranism is a major branch of Protestantism that emerged under the work of Martin Luther, the 16th-century German friar and Protestant Reformers, reformer whose efforts to reform the theology and practices of the Catholic Church launched ...
dissidents, '
Kavel's People', including
Johann Friedrich Krummnow
Johann Friedrich Krummnow (or Krumnow) (1811 – 3 October 1880) was a German-born settler in Australia. He arrived in South Australia in 1839 and in 1852 he founded a community named Herrnhut located near Penshurst in western Victoria. Thi ...
, which wanted to form a community in Australia.
En route Krummnow taught the girls but was deemed "not completely satisfactory and the community did not allow him to teach in Australia".
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Port Adelaide, South Australia
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to
Batavia - departed 27 February 1839
References
Notes
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Ships arriving in South Australia 1838Pioneers Association of South Australia*
South Australian Genealogy & Heraldry Society Inc*
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Barques