# Gosforth (ship)

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'''''Gosforth''''' was a [timber](/source/timber) [ship](/source/ship), registered as 810 tons<ref name="Gosforth Arrival" /> and launched in 1856 for passenger transport between [England](/source/England) and [East India](/source/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](/source/Smiths_Dock_Company), in [North Shields](/source/North_Shields),<ref name=Dec2departure/> England. At the time of launch, ''Gosforth'' was described as an [East Indiaman](/source/East_Indiaman),<ref name=Dec2departure/> though was subsequently termed "'''[frigate-built](/source/Frigate)'''".<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](/source/Adelaide) in the [colony](/source/colony) of [South Australia](/source/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](/source/Plymouth) on 3 October 1865 captained by H.P.W. Wight and arrived in [Port Adelaide](/source/Port_Adelaide) on 26 December 1865 with 388 people on board.<ref name="Gosforth Arrival" /> Over half of the new settlers emigrated from [Cornwall](/source/Cornwall).<ref>{{cite web|title=The Ships List|url=http://www.theshipslist.com/ships/australia/gosforth1865.shtml|accessdate=31 May 2014}}</ref> 

== References ==
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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

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