The Golden Sea
- Steve Reynolds
- 4 days ago
- 1 min read
In 2014, I wrote about an immigrant sailing ship called the Golden Sea which berthed in Port Adelaide, South Australia in 1876. It foundered mid-Atlantic in 1881 whilst sailing from England to the Canadian province of New Brunswick.

The Golden Sea
(From Frank C. Bowen's "The Flag of the Southern Cross"*)
(Source: http://www.findboatpics.net/zpss.html )
* (“The Flag of the Southern Cross: the history of Shaw Savill & Albion Co. Limited”: Authors: Frank Charles Bowen, Shaw, Savill & Albion Company. There were two volumes of the book - 1858 - 1939 & 1939 -1945.)
The article that I wrote can be found at https://mlssa.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/Part-2-of-2014-Journal.pdf .
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