Reilly Family History

Jolly Rambler

John Gresswell arrived in Perth on the Jolly Rambler. This ship was a wooden sloop, 37 tons. He was a part owner of this ship.

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Built Broadstairs, Kent, Great Britain, 1813; reg. Sydney, 16/1835, 29/1836. Lbd 46-7 x 15-4 x 8-6 ft. Struck the Macleay River bar, lost, 11 December 1836. No loss of life.

Earlier in 1836, under Master George Griffin, ashore at Pverty point, NZ, in a gale and reported to have been lost but was refloated, repaired and made Sydney on 4 April 1836.