Martha (1799 ship)

For other ships with the same name, see List of ships named Martha.

History
Great Britain
Name	Martha
Owner	Reed, Boston, & Co.
Builder	Port Jackson
Launched	1799
Fate	Wrecked August 1800
General characteristics
Tons burthen	30½ (bm)
Sail plan	Schooner

Martha was constructed in Sydney in 1799. She was a sealer and merchant vessel that was wrecked at Little Manly Cove in Australia in August 1800 with the loss of her crew of four. Her master was William Reid (or Reed). She arrived at Port Jackson on 14 December from Bass Strait. She was carrying 1,000 to 1,300 seal skins and 30 tierces of seal oil. She then left again on 6 March 1800.

On the voyage that proved her undoing, Martha was wrecked with a load of coal on her way from Reid's Mistake (the head of Lake Macquarie) to Sydney.

References

• Bateson, Charles; Loney, Jack Kenneth (1972). Australian Shipwrecks: : including vessels wrecked en route to or from Australia, and some strandings. Vol. 1 1622-1850. A. H. & A. W. Reed. ISBN 978-0-589-07112-7.
• Clune, Frank (1969). The Scottish martyrs : their trials and transportation to Botany Bay. Sydney: Angus and Robertson. ISBN 0-207-95254-X. OCLC 492421917.