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Henry Debenham

Ship: Sea Park

Sea Park was a sailing ship of 835 Net register tons, built by James Laing & Co at Deptford Yard near South Shields, England, in 1845. The ship took its name from an estate in Morayshire which the owner’s brother, John Dunbar, had purchased in 1838. In 1853, the vessel undertook a contract for the British Government, transporting 305 male convicts from London to Western Australia. In 1854, the ship’s owner was Duncan Dunbar, of London. It also operated as an emigrant ship, as its journey to South Australia in 1855 shows. Notably, on this voyage, the ship carried 165 single female passengers, out of the total of 278 passengers embarked. Later journeys are designated as normal without any specific purpose.

The captain on this voyage was Thomas Spedding.

The ships fate: lost at sea 13^th July 1864 transporting coal from Cardiff to Chile.

Credit: Wikipedia

On board the Sea Park in 1855 was Henry Debenham, carpenter, age 24, with his wife Susannah Debenham, age 26, nee Arnold / Armald aka as Susan and their son Henry Edward Debenham, infant.

The ship left London on 12^th March 1855, stopping at Plymouth 28^th March 1855 (where Henry, Susan boarded) and arriving Port Adelaide South Australia Monday 25^th June 1855.

Credit: https://passengers.history.sa.gov.au

John Debenham

Little is known at this stage of John Debenham, arriving in Adelaide on the ship “William Hyde” in 1850 and then left Port of Adelaide and travelled to Port Jackson November 1850.
There was also a John Debenham, convicted at Middlesex Gaol Delivery, given a life sentence and transported on the ship “John” which departed 18th July 1827 and arrived Sydney Cove 25th November 1827