Talk:GIL BLAS (brig)

Name of Ship
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Name of several ships, used by emigrants from Britain to New Zealand, around 1855.

''THE COMMERCIAL CODE OF SIGNALS FOR THE USE OF ALL NATIONS, WITH THE BRITISH ..., Published by WILLIAM MITCHELL, 1859 [1] ''

has 2 sailing ships of this name in the list of British Registered Vessels.

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 * Tons. is "Tons register" (unladen weight). "Tons burthen" (fully loaded), may be twice as much.
 * Both of these ships were used Australia <-> New Zealand, 1855

There was also a third vessel, Gill Blas of Sydney (Cutter). In use 1860s
 * total wreck of the Schooner Gil Blas, Captain Small, on the South end of the Island of Mana
 * Ref Wellington Independent, Issue 1208, 11 July 1857, Page 2
 * http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=WI18570711.2.9&srpos=1&e=---10-WI-10Gil+Blas--
 * Google Maps -41.1023,174.7714


 * Gil Blas. Brig, 172 tons. Built Bremen, Germany, 1848. Used Bremen <-> New York, 1848-52,
 * Ashore, wrecked, on the Baffle Creek bar, Qld, Australia, 20 July 1865. [LQ]
 * Ref http://oceans1.customer.netspace.net.au/qld-wrecks.html
 * Google Maps -24.5000,152.0658

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