Amity (brig)
Amity was a 148-ton brig used in several notable voyages of exploration and settlement in Australia in the early nineteenth century.
Amity replica at Albany, Western Australia | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| Name | Amity |
| Builder | St John's, New Brunswick |
| Launched | 1816 |
| Fate | Wrecked near Vansittart Island on 18 June 1845 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Brig |
| Tonnage | 148 tons burthen |
| Length | 75 feet 6 inches |
| Beam | 21 feet 5 inches |
She was built in New Brunswick in 1816 and for some years was used as a merchant vessel trading between America and Britain before being brought to Australia in 1824.
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