{{italic title|string=Gosforth}} {{EngvarB|date=March 2017}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2017}} '''''Gosforth''''' was a timber ship, registered as 810 tons<ref name="Gosforth Arrival" /> and launched in 1856 for passenger transport between England and East India.<ref name=Dec2departure>{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article12989575|accessdate=31 May 2014|newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald|date=2 Dec 1856|title=Newcastle Departure}}</ref> ''Gosforth'' was built by T. and W. Smith Shipbuilders,<ref>{{cite news|title=Shipping|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article72812067|accessdate=31 May 2014|work=The South Australian Register|date=8 March 1866}}</ref> later to become Smiths Dock Company, in North Shields,<ref name=Dec2departure/> England. At the time of launch, ''Gosforth'' was described as an East Indiaman,<ref name=Dec2departure/> though was subsequently termed "'''frigate-built'''".<ref>{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article13126806|accessdate=31 May 2014|newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald|date=21 Feb 1866|title=Ship Advertisements}}</ref>

''Gosforth'' was chartered for at least one voyage to take new settlers to Adelaide in the colony of South Australia.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article13120400#pstart1472748|accessdate=31 May 2014|newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald|date=16 Oct 1865|title=Emigration}}</ref><ref name="Gosforth Arrival">{{cite news|title=Arrival of the Gosforth, with Government Immigrants|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article41032579|accessdate=31 Mar 2014|work=The South Australian Register|page=3}}</ref> ''Gosforth'' departed Plymouth on 3 October 1865 captained by H.P.W. Wight and arrived in Port Adelaide on 26 December 1865 with 388 people on board.<ref name="Gosforth Arrival" /> Over half of the new settlers emigrated from Cornwall.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Ships List|url=http://www.theshipslist.com/ships/australia/gosforth1865.shtml|accessdate=31 May 2014}}</ref>

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Category:1856 ships Category:1851–1870 ships of Australia Category:Ships of South Australia Category:Age of Sail ships Category:Lumber ships category:Ships built by Thomas and William Smith