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Many thanks for this information. One record I have is that the Fancy was built in Sunderland, 1846. It stayed on to work in our southern New South Wales waters around Twofold Bay and then went north to Brisbane, Queensland. It was sold to T.M.Weguelin, Merchant? then to George Dawson on 27th July 1853. It was reregistered 25th October 1853 - it had arrived London 1853?
I also have doubts that any log books are available as it would seem they weren't required to be registered until after 1852, a few years after Enderby Expedition commenced.
I will have to try another source to find out the geography of the route to Australia?
Can anyone enlighten me on James Smith Stove and his wife Janet Jessie Stove - from the Shetland Islands who were the original settlers with Enderby on the Auckland Islands. James was a whaler/fisherman when they lived in Lerwick(Shetland) in the 1840's - and may have been employed by Enderby's company on other ships prior to leaving for the Auckland Islands?
Where would I look for any record of him as an employee back then?