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''Integrity'' was a 220-ton merchant ship built at
Redbridge, Southampton Redbridge is a ward with a population of 14,432, to the west of the city centre of Southampton, England. The settlement is positioned at the mouth of the River Test and is the southern terminus of the former Andover Canal and Sprat and Winkle ...
, England in 1824. She made two voyages transporting convicts from Mauritius to Australia. She was wrecked in the Torres Strait in August 1841.


Career

Under the command of John Pearson, she left Mauritius on 4 June 1837 with five military convicts, passengers and cargo. She sailed via Hobart Town on 9 August and arrived at Sydney on 17 August. One convict died on the voyage. ''Integrity'' sailed from Port Jackson, after refitting, on 12 January 1838, bound for Calcutta in ballast. On her second convict voyage under the command of John Pearson, she left Mauritius on 18 April 1838 with three male convicts, passengers and cargo. She sailed via Hobart Town on 20 June arrived at Sydney on 5 July. No convicts died on the voyage. ''Integrity'' left Port Jackson on 20 November for New Zealand.


Fate

''Integrity'' was lost in the Torres Strait on 22 August 1841 while on a voyage from Sydney to Singapore, under the command of John Pearson. The crew left in her long boat and were picked up by the ships ''John Knox'' and ''Thomas Crisp''.


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*Lloyds Register 1838 1824 ships Ships built in Southampton Convict ships to New South Wales Age of Sail merchant ships of England Merchant ships of the United Kingdom Maritime incidents in August 1841 Shipwrecks of the Torres Strait {{Merchantship-stub