“BLUE JACKET.”
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“ROYAL DANE.”
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A curious incident happened anent the Mistress of the Seas; a passenger brought an action against the ship because he was ducked during the ceremony of crossing the line and the captain was fined £100.
The Sunda was a very fine fast ship, and made some fine passages under the famous Bully Bragg.
Black Ballers in the Queensland Emigrant Trade.
Besides some smaller Nova Scotia built ships such as the Conway, Wansfell, Utopia and David MacIver, some of the best of the later Black Ballers were engaged in the Queensland emigration trade in the late sixties and early seventies.