''Sydney Packet'' may refer to:
* (or ''Sidney Packet''), was an American ship, taken in prize c. 1814 under another name, condemned, and sold to Alexander Birnie & Co. She sailed to New South Wales, and then made three voyages as a
whaler
A whaler or whaling ship is a specialized vessel, designed or adapted for whaling: the catching or processing of whales.
Terminology
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. She was lost in 1826.
*''Sydney Packet'', Bunker, master, foundered at sea in November 1816 while sailing from
New South Wales
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, established_title = Before federation
, es ...
to
London
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. Her crew were saved and taken into the .
['']Lloyd's List
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* ''Sydney Packet'' (1826–1837), a two-masted schooner of 84 tons, built in Sydney, Australia
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, in 1826 and captained by James Bruce; later purchased by John Jones (1809–1869), and outfitted as a bay whaler; wrecked at Moeraki
Moeraki is a small fishing village on the east coast of the South Island of New Zealand. It was once the location of a whaling station. In the 1870s, local interests believed it could become the main port for the north Otago area and a railwa ...
, Otago, 17 July 1837.
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