''Coromandel'' was a sailing ship built at

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in 1834. She was owned by Ridgeway and her home port was

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. She was the first ship to bring settlers to

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after it was proclaimed a colony in 1836 and one of the early ships bringing

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settlers to

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in 1840.

Construction

''Coromandel'' was a three-masted, square-rigged ship with 13 foresails, three top sails, three-fore topmast stay sails, two main sails, and three main top sails. She had one long boat and two quarter boats. The ship was made from

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, black birch, and

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. She was sheathed in yellow metal.

Voyages

In 1836, before ''Coromandel'' sailed for Australia, the South Australian Commission gave a dinner on board to about 150 young married persons and 36 children. On 1 September 1836 she sailed from Blackwell Dock,

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under Captain William Chesser to

, berthing at the South Australia Company's

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base on 10 January 1837 and on 12 January anchoring at

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. Apart from the settlers, ''Coromandel'' also had South Australia's first bank on board as well as £10,000 in notes. In June 1838 she sailed from

to Sydney in 110 days under Captain Neale. Captained by Edward French, the ship, advertised to depart 20 November and Portsmouth 25 November, sailed from St Catherines docks,

on 10 December 1839 with 47 passengers. She took shelter from poor weather in the Bay of Biscay for six weeks, and also stopped at Cape Town for supplies. It docked at Sydney where it collected a further 3 passengers and also 200 sheep, 40 bullocks, and four horses for New Zealand. ''Coromandel'' arrived in New Zealand after a long voyage of 260 days on 29 August 1840. On 7 July 1843 ''Coromandel'' sailed under Captain Harewood from Gravesend to

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carrying troops. In 1845 she was sailing on the run from Liverpool to

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Fate

''Coromandel'' was listed in ''

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'' of 1855 as being owned by Brooke & Co, with Captain Walker, master.

Coromandel Valley

Coromandel Valley in the

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and Coromandel Street in Wellington, New Zealand are named after the ship.

Citations

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