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Emu (ship)
Several
ships
have been named
Emu
for the emu:
was a
merchant ship
built at Liverpool that
transported
convicts
to
Australia
.
An American
privateer
captured
her in
1812
as she was
carrying
female convicts to
Van Diemen's Land
.
, was a
barque
built by Wigram's, of
Blackwall, London
, for their own
account
for use in the Australia
trade
. Wigram's
sold
her in 1857. Last listed in
Lloyd's
Register
in
1869
.
Emu
, a barque of 306
tons
, registered in Tasmania in
1849
where she was
employed
in
whaling
.
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