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Ship owned by the London Missionary Society 1844–1864 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
John Williams was a missionary ship under the command of Captain Robert Clark Morgan (1798–1864) and owned by the London Missionary Society (LMS). She was named after John Williams (1796–1839), a missionary who had been active in the South Pacific.[1]
![]() John Williams in 1845 | |
History | |
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Name | John Williams |
Namesake | The missionary John Williams |
Owner | London Missionary Society |
Operator | London Missionary Society |
Cost | 6200 pounds |
Launched | Harwich, 20 March 1844 |
Fate | Wrecked in May 1864, Pukapuka, Cook Islands |
Notes | 10 state rooms |
General characteristics | |
Tonnage | 296 tons |
Length | 103 ft (31 m) |
Beam | 24 ft 8 in (7.52 m) |
Depth of hold | 16 ft (4.9 m) |
Propulsion | Sails |
Crew | 27 |
She was paid for by the contribution of English school children.[2]
She sank in 50 fathoms after drifting onto a reef at Danger Island (Pukapuka) on 16 May 1864. The passengers and crew were rescued.[1]
Six more John Williams ships successively operated in the Pacific as part of the LMS's missionary work, the last, John Williams VII, being built in 1962 and decommissioned in 1968.[3]
John Williams was launched at Harwich on 20 March 1844.
She was of 296 tons and had a length of 103 feet (31 meters) and beam of 24 feet 8 inches (7.52 meters). The depth of her hold was 16 feet (4.9 meters). She had 10 state rooms.
A medal was issued commemorating her first three-year voyage and an example of this is held at the Royal Museum of Greenwich.[4]
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