Crew

The crew list and ship’s logbook survive for the Mermaid’s voyage to New Zealand and back. See Table 3 below for a list of crew members on the outward voyage.

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Key

LastShip: previous ship served aboard
Capacity: position on board

CREW - OUTWARD

	LastName	FirstName	Age	BirthTown	BirthCountry	LastShip	Capacity
1	Rose	Henry	30	Middlesex	England	Mermaid	Captain
2	Devey	Joseph	25	Stockton-on-Tees	England	Mermaid	1st mate
3	Howes	Robert	25	Abingdon	England	Tasmania	2nd mate
4	West	Edward	21	Kingsland	England	Imperial	3rd mate
5	McQuade	James	31	Dublin	Ireland	Mermaid	Purser
6	Bulmer	George	42	London	England	Mermaid	Carpenter
7	Brett	Thomas	25	London	England	Mermaid	Carpenter mate
8	Gresdale	Robert	41	Whitehaven	England	Lord Raglan	Boatswain
9	Callen	David	48	Memel	Lithuania	Mermaid	Sailmaker
10	Kenning	J E	28	London	England	Mermaid	Steward
11	Heilbath	A	19	London	England	Chariot of Fame	2nd Steward
12	Watson	C	27	London	England	none	Cook
13	Aylin	George	22	Broxbourne	England	none	Butcher
14	Farquarson	John	32	Glasgow	Scoland	none	Engineer
15	Garamie	Peter	22	Trieste	Italy	Mermaid	Able Seaman
16	Peero	Nicholas	29	Rome	Italy	Mermaid	Able Seaman
17	Peters	Joseph	23		Cape Verde	Star of China	Able Seaman
18	Silva	Joseph	26		Cape Verde	City of Aberdeen	Able Seaman
19	Leon	Jean	30	Valparaiso	Chile	Themis	Able Seaman
20	Anderson	John	24		Sweden	Excelsior	Able Seaman
21	Brown	Antonio	28	Fayal	Portugal	Sir James	Able Seaman
22	Golding	James	25		United States	Mary Rogerson	Able Seaman
23	Marie	Joseph	22	Fayal	Portugal	Mary Rogerson	Able Seaman
24	Hart	John	33	Graveney	England	Selesia	Able Seaman
25	Smith	Charles	21		Canada	Norwegian	Able Seaman
26	Smith	James	30	Portsmouth	England	Sir James	Able Seaman
27	Hood	John	26	Newport	Wales	Meuries	Able Seaman
28	Williams	William L	39	Barmouth	Wales	Sir James	Able Seaman
29	Hilling	John	23	Suffolk	England	Lady Milton	Able Seaman
30	Barreuto	John	31		Holland	Guinevera	Able Seaman
31	Johnson	Peter	25		Sweden	John Scott	Able Seaman
32	Glennie	James	21	Aberdeen	Scotland	Venitia	Able Seaman
33	Somershall	Carl	29	Christiana	Denmark	Chamois	Able Seaman
34	Lardner	George	29	Lithlingow	Scotland	Mermaid	Ordinary Seaman
35	Peterson	Christian	20		Norway	Norwegian ship	Ordinary Seaman
36	Beaufort	John	17	Dublin	Ireland	Mermaid	Boy
37	Blyth	John	36	Bromley	England	American ship	Passenger Cook
38	Newton	James	26	Ashton on Lincs	England	Mermaid	Passenger Cook's Mate
39	Hawker	Henry	19	Buckinghamshire	England	none	Cooks Mate
40	Napier	Charles H	33	North Brunswick	Canada	Mermaid	Pursers Mate
41	Edmonds	George	22	London	England	none	Butchers Mate
42	MacKenzie	Hector	23	Inverness	Scotland	none	2nd Cabin Steward
43	Woodifield	William P	31	Sunderland	England	none	2nd Cabin Steward
44	Cocksedge	P A		Suffolk	England	none	Surgeon
45	Thompson	William Lee	19		West Indies	Mermaid	Apprentice
46	Thompson	John George		Northampton	England	none	Apprentice
47	Sylvester	William	13	Chelmsford	England	none	Boy
48	Carpenter	John	14	Ealing	England	Mermaid	Boy

Table 3. List of crew on the outward voyage to New Zealand, compiled from digitised copies of the crew list and ship's logbook, from originals held at the Maritime History Archive, Newfoundland.